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MONUMENT TO GEN. GEORGE ROGERS CLARK 
At Indianapolis 



INDIANA SOCIETY 



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REGISTER FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND EIGHT WITH 

ROLL OF MEMBERS AND THEIR REVOLUTIONARY 

ANCESTORS AND OTHER INFORMATION 

OF INTEREST TO THE SOCIETY 



COMPILED BY 

CHARLES W. MOORES 



INDIANAPOLIS 

PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 

1908 



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Page 

General Information 7 

Charter of the National Society 13 

The National Society, a Sketch 17 

Officers and Trustees of the National Society 19 

Constitution and By-Laws of the National Society .... 22 

The Indiana Society, a Sketch 39 

In Memoriam 40 

Officers of the Indiana Society 41 

List of Members 47 

Resignations 53 

Transfers 54 

Former Members 55 

Ancestral Record of Members 57 

Index to Revolutionary Ancestors 123 

Constitution and By-Laws of the Indiana Society 131 

Application Blank 136 

Officers of Local Chapters 140 

Address of William H. English Regarding State Soldiers' Mon- 
ument 141 

Pensioners of the Revolutionary War Who Lived in Indiana 

in 1835 156 



CDieneral 3informatton 



SEAL. 

The Seal of the National Society consists of the figure of a 
minute-man standing by the side of a plough, all surrounded by 
thirteen stars, the whole encircled by a band, upon which, in raised 
letters, is the name of the national society, with the date of its 
organization. 

INSIGNIA. 

The Badge — Obverse: A gold cross of four arms and eight 
points, of the same size as the Chevalier's Cross of the French 
Legion of Honor, with white enameled arms. In the center is a 
gold medallion bust of George Washington in profile, surrounded 
by a ribbon of blue enamel, on which is the motto of the Society 
in gold letters, "Libertas et Patria." Between the medallion and 
the points of the cross is a laurel wreath. Reverse: Like the ob- 
verse; the medallion, however, has the figure of a minute-man, 
surrounded by a ribbon of blue enamel, containing in gold letters 
the words, "Sons of the American Revolution." The cross is sur- 
rounded by an eagle in gold, suspended by a silk ribbon of blue, 
white and buff. 

The cross is a reproduction of the emblem of the French Order 
of St. Louis, with certain changes, and was adopted to commemo- 
rate the assistance given to the Colonies by Louis XVI, Grand 
Master of that Order. The medallion, containing the head of 
Washington and the figure of the minute-man, is fitly placed upon 
a cross of such an origin and associations. 

The Rosette. The rosette is a button in the shape of a raised 
cup, of blue, white and buff ribbon. It is to be worn in the upper 
left-hand button-hole of the coat. 

The only badge now authorized by the national society is that 
described above, superseding all forms previously used. The price 
of the badge, or cross of St. Louis, adopted by this society, is nine 
dollars. It may be obtained of Messrs. J. E. Caldwell & Co., Phil- 



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adelphia, by permit issued by the Registrar-General, which will be 
furnished by the state registrar. The rosette may be procured of 
the state secretary for twenty cents. 

THE OFFICIAL MARKER. 

The identification and marking of the graves of Revolution- 
ary soldiers and sailors has for some time engaged the atten- 
tion of the Sons of the American Revolution, but nothing has 
been done by the society in Indiana. More than five thousand 
markers have been made and used throughout this and other states, 
and even in our distant possessions and foreign lands. The cross 
is of bronze. It is securely fastened to a brass rod ; and this, with 
the cross, makes its entire length about thirty-eight inches. At the 
lower end the rod may be set into a granite block, or a metal plate, 
which is to be buried eighteen inches below the surface of the 
ground. This anchor will render the marker, when once adjusted, 
almost immovable ; and, with the bronze and brass of which it is 
composed, the whole will last for many years. The National Con- 
gress, at its session in 1894, adopted the design for its official 
marker, and recommended its use by all the state societies. 

INFORMATION. 

Membership in this Society is strictly limited by the National 
and State constitutions to such persons as can prove their descent 
from well-authenticated patriot Revolutionary ancestry. Collateral 
relationship has at no time been allowed in this body by prescribed 
regulations or otherwise. Appropriate papers and all needed in- 
formation for making application for admission will be furnished 
by the secretary of the state society. 

Application for Membership must be made in duplicate; 
must be signed by the applicant on the second and fourth pages ; 
must be sworn to before a justice or a notary; and returned to 
the registrar with check for five dollars, — which includes the ad- 
mission^ fee and the first year's assessment. Biographical data 
should be given as fully as possible, and reference to authorities 
quoted. Care should be taken that all these requirements be car- 
ried out, as imperfectly prepared papers can not be accepted. 

The Secretary of State of most of the states will make a search 



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of the rolls and archives, and furnish an official certificate for a 
small sum. The Commissioner of Pensions at Washington will 
furnish a certificate, gratis, if the ancestor was a pensioner. In 
some of the states the state librarian will make search for revolu- 
tionary records and furnish the desired information for a small 
fee. 

The Certificate of Membership issued by the National So- 
ciety, handsomely engraved, and of size suitable for framing, will 
be furnished for the sum of one dollar and fifty cents in advance. 
Application should be made to the state registrar. 



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Cl^arter of tl^e jljattonal ^otittv 

[Public — No. 214.] 
H. R. 15332. 

FIFTY-NINTH CONGRESS 

OF THE 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

At the First Session 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, the fourth 
day of December, one thousand nine hundred and five. 

AN ACT 

TO INCORPORATE THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE 
SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled. That Francis 
Henry Appleton, of Massachusetts ; Lucius P. Deming, of Con- 
necticut ; William Seward Webb, of Vermont ; Horace Porter, of 
New York; Joseph C. Breckinridge, of Washington, District of 
Columbia ; Franklin Murphy, of New Jersey ; Walter S. Logan, of 
New York ; Edwin Warfield, of Maryland ; Edwin S. Greeley, of 
Connecticut; James D. Hancock, of Pennsylvania; Morris B. 
Beardsley, of Connecticut ; John C. Lewis, of Kentucky ; Henry 
Stockbridge, of Maryland ; Nelson A. McClary, of Illinois ; A. 
Howard Clark, of Washington, District of Columbia ; Isaac W. 
Birdseye, of Connecticut; William K. Wickes, of New York; 
J. W. Atwood, of Ohio ; J. W. Whiting, of Alabama ; Ricardo E. 
Miner, of Arizona; Joseph M. Hill, of Arkansas; Alexander G. 
Fells, of California ; Clarkson N. Guyer, of Colorado ; Jonathan 
Trumbull, of Connecticut ; Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware ; 



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William H. Bayly, of Washington, District of Columbia ; William 
S. Keyser, of Florida; Charles M. Cooke, of Hawaii; Inman H. 
Fowler, of Indiana ; Eugene Secor, of Iowa ; John M. Meade, of 
Kansas; Peter F, Pescud, of Louisiana; Waldo Pettengill, of 
Maine; James D. Iglehart, of Maryland; Moses G. Parker, of 
Massachusetts ; Rufus W. Clark, of Michigan ; James C. Haynes, 
of Minnesota ; Ashley Cabell, of Missouri ; Ogden A. Southmayd, 
of Montana ; Amos Field, of Nebraska ; Daniel C. Roberts, of New 
Hampshire ; J. Franklin Fort, of New Jersey ; William A. Marble, 
of New York ; Isaac F. Mack, of Ohio ; Henry H. Edwards, of 
Oklahoma; Thomas M. Anderson, of Oregon; William L. Jones, 
of Pennsylvania ; John E. Studley, of Rhode Island ; Theodore 
G. Carter, of South Dakota ; J. A. Cartright, of Tennessee ; I. M. 
Standifer, of Texas ; Fred A. Hale, of Utah ; Henry D. Holton, 
of Vermont ; Lunsford L. Lewis, of Virginia ; Cornelius H. Han- 
ford, of Washington ; J. Franklin Pierce, of Wisconsin ; Trueman 
G. Avery, of New York ; William W. J. Warren, of New York ; 
Henry V. A. Joslin, of Rhode Island ; John Paul Earnest, of 
Washington, District of Columbia ; A. S. Hubbard, of California, 
and all such other persons as may from time to time be associated 
with them, and their successors, are hereby constituted a body 
corporate and politic, in the city of Washington, in the District of 
Columbia, by the name of the National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution. 

Sec. 2. That the purposes and objects of said corporation are 
declared to be patriotic, historical, and educational, and shall in- 
clude those intended or designed to perpetuate the memory of the 
men who, by their services or sacrifices during the war of the 
American Revolution, achieved the independence of the American 
people ; to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants ; 
to inspire them and the community at large with a more profound 
reverence for the principles of the Government founded by our 
forefathers ; to encourage historical research in relation to the 
American Revolution ; to- acquire and preserve the records of the 
individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as docu- 
ments, relics, and landmarks ; to mark the scenes of the Revolu- 
tion by appropriate memorials ; to celebrate the anniversaries of 
the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period ; 
to foster true patriotism ; to maintain and extend the institutions 



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of American freedom, and to carry out the purposes expressed 
in the preamble to the Constitution of our country and the in- 
junctions of Washington in his farewell address to the American 
people. 

Sec. 3. That said corporation shall have power to receive, pur- 
chase, hold, sell, and convey real and personal estate, so far only 
as may be necessary or convenient for its lawful purposes to an 
amount not exceeding at any one time in the aggregate five hun- 
dred thousand dollars ; to sue and be sued, complain and defend 
in any court ; to adopt a common seal, and to alter the same at 
pleasure; to make and adopt a constitution, by-laws, rules, and 
regulations for admission, government, suspension, and expulsion 
of its members, and from time to time to alter and repeal such 
constitution, by-laws, rules, and regulations, and to adopt others 
in their places ; to provide for the election of its officers and to 
define heir duties ; to provide for State societies or chapters with 
rules for their conduct, and to regulate and provide for the man- 
agement, safekeeping, and protection of its property and funds ; 
Provided always. That such constitution, by-laws, rules, and regu- 
lations be not inconsistent with the laws of the United States or of 
any of the States thereof. 

Sec. 4. That the property and afifairs of said corporation shall 
be managed by not more than sixty nor less than forty trustees, 
who shall be elected annually at such time as shall be fixed in the 
by-laws and at least one trustee shall be elected annually from a 
list of nominees to be made by each of the State societies and 
submitted to this society at least thirty days before the annual 
meeting, in accordance with general provisions regulating such 
nominations as may be adopted by this society. 

Sec. 5. That the first meeting of this corporation shall be held 
on a call issued by any fifteen of the above-named corporators by 
a written notice signed by them, stating the time and place of meet- 
ing, addressed to each of the corporators personally named herein 
and deposited in the post-office at least five days before the day of 
meeting. 

Sec. 6. That this charter shall take effect upon its being ac- 
cepted by a majority vote of the corporators named herein who 
shall be present at said meeting, or at any other meeting specially 
called for that purpose ; and notice of such acceptance shall be 



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given by said corporation by causing a certificate to that effect 
signed by its president and secretary to be filed in the office of 
the Secretary of State. 

Sec. 7. That Congress reserves the right to alter, amend, or 
repeal this act. 

J. G. Cannon, 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Charles W. Fairbanks, 
Vice-President of the United States and President of the Senate. 

Approved, June 9, 1906: Theodore Roosevelt. 

Statutes 59th Congress, 1905-1906, p. 227. 



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The Sons of the American Revokition is composed of lineal 
descendants of those American colonists and of their French 
allies who took part in the American struggle for independence. 
The aim of the society is to keep alive the spirit of the revolu- 
tionary fathers by encouraging historical research, preserving 
records, documents, and relics of the American Revolution, ob- 
serving patriotic anniversaries and promoting civic righteousness. 

The society is organized in the several States and abroad and 
the members of the several branches are united in what is known 
as the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
which bears a relation to the branches similar to that which the 
federal government sustains toward the states. 

The origin of the order is in the California society, originally 
called the Sons of Revolutionary Sires, which came into exist- 
ence at San Francisco on October 22, 1875. In 1889 similar 
branches were established in many States, until now the society 
maintains a prosperous existence in thirty-nine States and Terri- 
tories and in France and Hawaii. 

Among the achievements of the society have been the follow- 
ing: 

A law requiring the indexing and preserving of the Revolu- 
tionary service records in the Smithsonian Institution. 

A law permitting army and naval officers to wear the badge 
on ceremonial occasions. 

The establishment of Flag Day, June 14. 

Forbidding the display of foreign flags on public buildings, ex- 
cept in honor of foreign guests. 

Marking the graves of Revolutionary soldiers in many parts 
of the country. 

Rescuing many historic buildings from destruction, and many 
priceless archives and records from oblivion. 

Erecting many monuments. 

Its membership of over eighteen thousand includes the names 



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of many men of distinction, among whom may be mentioned 
William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, Nelson A. Miles, George 
Dewey, David J. Brewer, Horace Porter, Stewart L. Woodford, 
Levi P. Morton, John W. Daniel, Marcus A. Hanna, Henry 
Cabot Lodge, Orville H. Piatt, Redfield Proctor, Simon B. Buck- 
ner, Frederick Dent Grant, Adolphus W. Greeley, Charles King, 
Thomas M. Anderson, William R. Shafter, J. C. Breckenridge, 
Joseph Wheeler, William H. English, Henry M. Shepard, William 
Wirt Henry, David D. Porter, Joseph E. Johnston, Fitzhugh Lee, 
Wade Hampton, Rutherford B. Hayes, David R. Francis, Thom- 
as F. Bayard, Wm. P. Frye, Philip Hichborn, Chas. A. Dana, 
Richard Harding Davis, Charles Vernon Gridley, Elihu Root, 
Russell A. Alger. 



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GENERAL OFFICERS 

ELECTED MAY i, 1908 



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HENRY STOCKBRIDGE, Gunther Building, Baltimore. 

3©ite-preiailient!5.-<J5eneral 

GEORGE WILLIAMS BATES, 32 and 33 Buhl Bldg., Detroit. 

WILLIAM JAMES VAN PATTEN, Burlington, Vt. 

JOHN R. WEBSTER, Omaha, Neb. 

DR. CLARKSON N. GUYER, 204 Jackson Bldg., 

Denver, Colo. 
GEORGE ROWLAND HOWE, Park and Mulberry Sts., 

Newark, N. J. 

;§)ecmarp-<©enEtal anb 8^e0i^ttat.-<J5eneraI 

A. HOWARD CLARK, Smithsonian Institution, 

Washington, D. C. 

(aEreajsurer-<!5cneral 

WILLARD SECOR, Forest City, Iowa. 

J^ijjtorianrtJBeneral 

WALTER KENDALL WATKINS, mo Tremont Bldg., 

Boston, Mass. 

d)aplain-(©enerai 

REV. FRANK OLIVER HALL, D. D., 4 West 76th St., 

New York. 



i3oarD of Crussteejs 

The General Officers and the Following Trustees for State Societies 



^/o&awa— MAJOR WILLIAM FRYE TEBBETS, Mobile. 
Arisona—E. E. ELLIN WOOD, Phoenix. 
Arkansas— FAY HEMPSTEAD, Little Rock. 
California— FEIMAM W. AMES, 776 Beacon St., Boston. 
Colorado— BAROLB C. STEPHENS, Denver. 
Connecticut— LEWIS B. CURTIS, Bridgeport. 
Delaware— JOHN BANCROFT, Wilmington. 

District of Columbia— JUSTICE THOMAS H. ANDERSON, Wash- 
ington. 
Florida— J. H. CROSS, Pensacola. 
France— GEl^. HORACE PORTER, New York, N. Y. 
Hawaii— JOHN EFFINGER, Honolulu. 

Illinois— HORACE E. HORTON, 10206 Longwood Ave., Chicago. 
Indiana— CHAREES W. MOORES, Indianapolis, 
/owa— CAPTAIN E. R. HUTCHINS, Des Moines. 
Kansas— JOHN M. MEADE, Topeka. 

Kentucky— GEORGE H. WILSON, Todd Bldg., Louisville. 
LoMmowa— PETER F. PESCUD, New Orleans. 
Mam^— WALDO PETTINGELL, Rumford Falls. 
Maryland— HON. GEORGE R. GAITHER, Baltimore. 
Massachusetts— EDWARD CLARENCE BATTIS, Salem. 
Michigan— R. H. FYFE, Detroit. 
Minnesota— CHAREES KEITH, Princeton. 
Missouri— REY. L. J. NICCOLLS, 8 Hortense Place, St. Louis. 
Montana— R. H. HOWEY, Helena. 
Nebraska— RAEFH W. BRECKENRIDGE, Omaha. 
New Hampshire— CHARLES GALES SHEDD, Keene. 
New Jersey— ANDREW W. BRAY, Newark. 
New Foryfe— WILLIAM A. MARBLE, 397 Broadway, New York. 
Ohio— HARRY P. WARD, Columbus. 
Oklahoma— COL. A. S. REAVES, Lawton. 
Oregon— WALLACE McCAMANT, Concord Bldg., Portland. 
Pennsylvania— COL. R. W. GUTHRIE, 434 Diamond St., Pittsburg. 
Rhode Island— HENRY V. A. JOSLIN, Providence. 
South Dakota— CART. THEODORE G. CARTER, Deadwood. 
Tennessee— JOHN H. DE WITT, Nashville. 
Texas— W. F. BEERS, Galveston. 



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(/^a/i— JOHN WALCOTT THOMPSON, Salt Lake City. 
Vermont— WILLIAM JAMES VAN PATTEN, Burlington. 
Virginia— GEli. CHARLES J. ANDERSON, Richmond. 
J^a^/imgfon— CORNELIUS H. HANFORD, Seattle. 
Wisconsin— 1<10RMAN L. BURDICK, Milwaukee. 
IVyoming— TIMOTHY FARRAR BURKE, Cheyenne. 



Constitution 

OF 

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

(Adopted at the Denver Congress, June s, 1907) 

ARTICLE I. 

NAME. 

The name of this organization shall be "The National Society 
of the Sons of the American Revolution." 

ARTICLE 11. 

PURPOSES AND OBJECTS. 

The purposes and objects of this Society are declared tO' be 
patriotic, historical, and educational, and shall include those in- 
tended or designed to perpetuate the memory of the men who, 
by their services or sacrifices during the war of the American 
Revolution, achieved the independence of the American people; 
to unite and promote fellowship among their descendants ; to in- 
spire them and the community at large with a more profound 
reverence for the principles of the Government founded by our 
forefathers ; to encourage historical research in relation to the 
American Revolution; to acquire and preserve the records of the 
individual services of the patriots of the war, as well as docu- 
ments, relics, and landmarks ; to mark the scenes of the Revolu- 
tion by appropriate memorials ; to celebrate the aimiversaries ol 
the prominent events of the war and of the Revolutionary period ; 
to foster true patriotism; to maintain and extend the institutions 
of American freedom, and to carry out the purposes expressed in 
the preamble of the Constitution of our country and the injunc- 



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tions of Washington in his farewell address to the American 
people. 

ARTICLE III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section i. Any man shall be eligible to membership in the 
Society who, being of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a 
citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant 
of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in his loyalty to, 
and rendered active service in, the cause of American Independ- 
ence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman 
or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress, 
or of any one of the several Colonies or States, or as a signer of 
the Declaration of Independence ; or as a member of a Committee 
of Safety or Correspondence ; or as a member of any Continental, 
Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature ; or as a recog- 
nized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of re- 
sistance to the authority of Great Britain. 

Sec. 2. Applications for membership shall be made to any State 
Society, in duplicate, upon blank forms prescribed by the Board 
of Trustees, and shall in each case set forth the name, occupa- 
tion and residence of the applicant, line of descent, and the name, 
residence and services of his ancestor or ancestors in the Revolu- 
tion, from whom he derives eligibility. 

The applicant shall make oath that the statements of his appli- 
cation are true, to the best of his knowledge and belief. 

Upon the approval of an application by the State Society, to 
which it is made, one copy shall be transmitted to the Registrar 
General of the National Society, who shall examine further the 
eligibility of the applicant. If satisfied that the member is not 
eligible, he shall return the application for correction. 

Until the State Society shall satisfy the Registrar General of 
the eligibility of such applicant, his name shall not be placed on 
the roll of membership. 

Sec. 3. The official designation of the members of The Na- 
tional Society of the Sons of the American Revolution shall be 
"Compatriots." 



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ARTICLE IV. 

NATIONAL AND STATE SOCIETIES. 

Section i. The National Society shall embrace all the mem- 
bers of the State Societies of the Sons of the American Revolu- 
tion now existing or which may hereafter be established under 
this Constitution. 

Sec. 2. Whenever in any State or Territory in which a State 
Society does not exist, or in which a State Society has become 
inactive, or failed for two years tO' pay its annual dues to the 
National Society, fifteen or more persons duly qualified for mem- 
bership in this Society may associate themselves as a State So- 
ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution, and organize in 
accordance with this Constitution, they may be admitted by the 

Board of Trustees to the National Society as "The Society 

of the Sons of the American Revolution," and shall thereafter 
have exclusive local jurisdiction in the State or Territory or in the 
District in which they are organized, subject to the provisions of 
this Constitution, but this provision shall not be construed so as 
to exclude the admission of candidates residing in other States. 

Sec. 3. Each State Society shall judge of the qualifications of 
its members and of those proposed for membership, subject to the 
provisions of this Constitution, and shall regulate all matters per- 
taining to its own affairs. It shall have authority to establish lo- 
cal chapters within its own jurisdiction, and to endow the chap- 
ters with such power as it may deem proper, not inconsistent with 
the charter of the National Society or with this Constitution. It 
shall have authority, after due notice and impartial trial, to ex- 
pel any member who, by conduct unbecoming a gentleman, shall 
render himself unworthy to remain a member of the Society. 

Sec. 4. Each State Society shall submit to the Annual Con- 
gress of the National Society a report, setting forth by name the 
additions, transfers and deaths, and any other changes in the 
membership and the progress of the State Society during the pre- 
ceding year, and making such suggestions as it shall deem proper 
for the promotion of the objects of the National Society. 

Sec. 5. Whenever a member in good standing in his Society 
shall change his residence from the jurisdiction of the State So- 
ciety of which he is a member to that of another, he shall be en- 



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titled, if he so elects, to a certificate of honorable demission from 
his own State Society, in order that he may be transferred to the 
State Society to whose jurisdiction he shall have changed his 
residence ; provided, that his membership shall continue in the 
former until he shall have been elected a member of the latter. 

Each State Society shall, however, retain full control of the 
admission of members by transfer. 

Sec. 6. Whenever the word "State" occurs in this Constitution, 
it shall be held to include within its meaning the District of Co- 
lumbia and the Territories of the United States. 

Sec. 7. A Society may be formed in any foreign country by 
fifteen or more persons who are eligible to membership under 
this Constitution, which shall bear the same relation to the Na- 
tional organization as the State Society, subject to the provisions 
of this Constitution, 

ARTICLE V. 

OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES. 

Section i. The General Officers of the National Society shall 
be a President General, five Vice-Presidents General, the order of 
seniority among whom shall be determined by lot at the time of 
their election, a Secretary General, Treasurer General, Registrar 
General, Historian General and Chaplain General, who shall be 
elected by ballot by a vote of a majority of the members present 
and entitled to vote at the annual meeting of the Congress of the 
National Society, and shall hold office for one year and until 
their successors shall be elected. 

Sec. 2. The General Officers provided for in section i, together 
with one member from each State Society, shall constitute the 
Board of Trustees of the National Society. Such Trustee from 
each of the several State Societies shall be elected annually at 
the Congress of the National Society, upon the nomination, or 
from a list of nominees, to be made by each of the State So- 
cieties and submitted to the National Society by the filing thereof 
with the Secretary of the National Society at least thirty days 
before the meeting of the Annual Congress of the National So- 
ciety, And in the event that any one or more of the State So- 
cieties shall omit or neglect to make such nomination or submit 



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said list of nominees, by the time herein required, then the Presi- 
dent of the State Society so in defaidt, shall, virtute ofUcii, be 
chosen as and become the representative of his State Society upon 
said Board. 

Sec. 3. The Board of Trustees shall have charge of, and be 
charged with the care and custody of all property belonging to 
the National Society, and to that end shall be vested with the 
powers conferred by section 3 of the Act of Incorporation of the 
National Society: Provided, however, That it shall not have the 
power to sell, convey or in any wise encumber any real estate be- 
longing to the Society without the assent of three-fourths of the 
members of said Board. The Board of Trustees shall also^ have 
authority to adopt and promulgate the By-Laws of the National 
Society, to prescribe the duties of the General Officers, to pro- 
vide the seal, to designate and make regulations for the issue of 
the insignia, and to transact the general business of the National 
Society during the intervals between the sessions of the Congress. 

Meetings of the Board of Trustees may be held at the call of 
the President General, or in case of his absence or inability, at 
the call of the Senior Vice-President General, certified by the Sec- 
retary General. Meetings shall be called at the request of seven 
members. At such meetings seven shall constitute a quorum. 

Sec. 4. An executive committee of seven, consisting of the 
President General as chairman, and six members to be nominated 
by him and approved by the Board of Trustees, shall, in the in- 
terim between the meetings of the Board, transact such business 
as may be delegated to it by a Congress of the Society or the 
Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE VI. 

DUES. 

Each State Society shall pay annually to the Treasurer General, 
to defray the expenses of the National Society, fifty cents for 
each active member thereof, unless intermitted by the National 
Congress. 

All such dues shall be paid on or before the first day of April 
in each year for the ensuing year, in order to secure representation 
in the Congress of the National Society. 



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ARTICLE VII. 

MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS. 

Section i. The Annual Congress of the National Society for 
the election of the General Officers and for the transaction of 
business shall be held on the thirtieth day of April or on the 
first day of May in each year. The place of such meeting shall 
be designated by the Board of Trustees. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings of the Congress may be called by the 
President General, and shall be called by him when directed so 
to do by the Board of Trustees, or whenever requested in writ- 
ing so to do by at least five State Societies, on giving thirty days' 
notice, specifying the time and place of such meeting and the 
business to be transacted. 

Sec. 3. The following shall be members of all such annual or 
special meetings of the Congress, and shall be entitled to vote 
therein : 

(i.) All the General Officers and the ex-Presidents General 
of the National Society. 

(2.) The members of the Board of Trustees and the President 
or Senior Vice-President of each State Society. 

(3.) One delegate at large from each State Society. 

(4.) One delegate from every fifty members of the Society 
within a State and for a fraction of twenty-five or over. 

Sec. 4. After the adjournment of the Eighteenth Annual Con- 
gress of this Society, State Societies shall be represented at meet- 
ings of the National Society only by members of their own State 
Society, either duly elected, or who in the absence of regularly 
elected delegates, may be chosen by the regularly elected attend- 
ing delegates of such State Society from the members of such 
State Society who may be present at any meeting of the National 
Society. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

This Constitution may be altered or amended at any meeting 
of the Congress of the National Society, provided that sixty days' 
notice of the proposed alterations or amendments, which shall 



28 ^on0 of ttie American Metjolutton 

first have been recommended by a State Society, or by a prior 
Congress, or by the Board of Trustees, or by the Executive 
Committee of the National Society, shall be sent by the Secretary 
General to the President of each State Society. 

A vote of two-thirds of those present shall be necessary to 
their adoption. 

ARTICLE IX. 

This Constitution shall take effect upon its adoption. 



OF 

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

(Adopted at Denver Congress, June j, ipo/) 
ARTICLE I. 

ELECTION OF OFFICERS. 

All nominations of General Officers shall be made from the 
floor, and the election shall be by ballot. A majority shall elect. 
The nominations may be acted upon directly or may be referred 
to a committee to examine and report. 

ARTICLE II. 

OFFICERS. 

The duties of the General Officers shall be such as usually ap- 
pertain to their offices, and they shall have such other duties as 
are hereinafter imposed or shall be delegated to them by an an- 
nual Congress or by the Board of Trustees. 

They shall report at the annual meeting, and at such other times 
as they may be required to do so by the Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE III. 

PRESIDENT GENERAL. 

Section i. The President General, in addition to his general 
duties, shall be ex officio chairman of the Board of Trustees, and 
of the Executive Committee, and a member of every other Com- 
mittee. 



30 ^onsi of tlie American i^ebolution 

Sec. 2. At each annual meeting he shall appoint the follow- 
ing standing committees : 

Committee on Auditing and Finance, 

Committee on Credentials, 

Memorial Committee, 

Committee on Organization, 

Committee on Education. 

The duties of the above committees shall be such as usually per- 
tain to committees of like character, and such as may be defined 
by the Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE IV. 

VICE-PRESIDENTS GENERAL. 

Section i. In the absence of the President General, the Senior 
Vice-President General present shall preside at the Annual Meet- 
ing. 

Sec. 2. In the prolonged absence or inability to act of the 
President General, the executive authority shall be vested in the 
Vice-Presidents General in order of precedence. 

ARTICLE V. 

secretary general. 

The Secretary General, in addition to his general duties, shall 
have charge of the seal, and give due notice of all meetings of the 
National Society or Board of Trustees. He shall give due no- 
tice to all General Officers and State Societies of all votes, orders 
and proceedings affecting or appertaining to their duties. He 
shall distribute all pamphlets, circulars, rosettes and supplies, as 
directed by the Board of Trustees. 

ARTICLE VI. 

treasurer general. 

Section i. The Treasurer General shall collect and receive 
the funds and securities of the National Society. He shall de- 
posit the same to the credit of the "Society of the Sons of the 



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American Revolution," and shall draw them thence for the use 
of the National Society, as directed by it or by the Board of 
Trustees, upon the order of the President General, countersigned 
by the Secretary General. His accounts shall be audited by a 
committee to be appointed at the Annual Meeting. 

Sec. 2. He shall give bond for the safe custody and applica- 
tion of the funds, the cost of such bond to be borne by the Na- 
tional Society. 

ARTICLE Vn. 

REGISTRAR GENERAL. 

The Registrar General shall keep a register of the names and 
dates of the election, resignation or death of all members of the 
several State Societies, and shall have the care and custody of all 
duplicate applications for membership. He shall issue upon the 
requisition of the Secretary or Registrar of the several State So- 
cieties certificates of membership and insignia to every member 
entitled thereto, through such Secretary or Registrar. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

HISTORIAN GENERAL. 

The Historian General shall have the custody of all the his- 
torical and biographical collections of which the National Society 
may become possessed and shall catalogue and arrange the same, 
and shall place the same in a fireproof repository for preserva- 
tion. 

ARTICLE IX. 

CHAPLAIN GENERAL. 

The Chaplain General shall be a regularly ordained minister, 
and shall open and close all general meetings of the National So- 
ciety with the services usual and proper on such occasions. 

ARTICLE X. 

STATE SOCIETIES. 

Every State Society shall — 

(i) Notify the Secretary General of the election and appoint- 



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ment of all officers, nominees for Board of Trustees and dele- 
gates. 

(2) Pay to the Treasurer General on the first day of March 
or within thirty days thereafter, the sum of fifty cents for each 
active member thereof. 

(3) Transmit to the Registrar General duplicate applica- 
tions of all accepted members, and notify him of the resignation 
or death of all members thereof. 

ARTICLE XI. 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES. 

Section i. The Board of Trustees shall prepare and carry out 
plans for promoting the objects and growth of the Society; shall 
generally superintend its interests, and shall execute such other 
duties as shall be committed to it at any meeting of the National 
Society. It shall have charge of the printing of the Diploma and 
the manufacturing of the Insignia, and shall determine the price 
at which the same shall be issued. 

Sec. 2. It shall have the authority to admit or reorganize as a 
State Society any association of fifteen or more persons duly 
qualified for membership in the Society. 

Sec. 3. It shall have power to fill any vacancy occurring among 
the General Officers, and an officer so elected shall act until the 
following annual election and until his successor shall be elected. 

Sec. 4. It shall have authority to make, alter and amend the 
By-Laws as hereinafter provided. 

Sec. 5. The President General may call meetings of the Board 
of Trustees at any time he may deem necessary, and shall call 
such meetings upon the written request of any five members there- 
of, provided that of any meeting, other than such as may be called 
during the session or immediately upon the adjournment of an 
annual or special Congress of the National Society, not less than 
five days' notice of the time and place of such meeting shall be 
Sfiven. 



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ARTICLE XII. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

A meeting of the Executive Committee may be called at any 
time by the President General, and such meeting shall be called 
upon the written request of three members thereof. It shall be 
the duty of the Executive Committee to exercise the powers, and 
perform the duties committed to it by any annual or special 
Congress or by the Board of Trustees ; to control and super- 
vise all arrangements for the holding of the annual or any spe- 
cial Congress, and the social and other functions connected there- 
with ; it shall upon the request of the proper committee of the 
National Society or of the Board of Trustees, assist in the or- 
ganization of new State Societies, and increasing the member- 
ship of weak State Societies, and for these purposes may incur 
its necessary expenses, limited to such amounts as may be in the 
Treasury unappropriated, and not required for the current ex- 
penses of the National Society during the year. 

ARTICLE XIII. 



The seal of the Society shall be two and three-eighths of an 
inch in diameter, charged with the figure of a minute man, grasp- 
ing a musket in his right hand, and surrounded by a constellation 
of thirteen stars, who shall be depicted in the habit of a husband- 
man of the period of the American Revolution, and as in the act 
of deserting the plough for the service of his country ; the whole 
encircled by a band three-eighths of an inch wide, within which 
shall appear the legend, "National Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution, organized April 30, 1889." 

ARTICLE XIV. 

CERTIFICATES. 

All members of this Society, wherever admitted, shall be en- 
titled to a certificate of membership duly attested by the President 
General, Secretary General and Registrar General, countersigned 



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by the President, Secretary and Registrar of the State Society to 
which such member shall have been admitted. 



ARTICLE XV. 



The insignia of the Society shall comprise (i) a cross sur- 
mounted by an eagle in gold, (2) a rosette. 

Section i. The cross shall be of silver, with four arms, cov- 
ered with white enamel and eight gold points, same size as a 
Chevalier's Cross of the Legion of Honor of France, with a gold 
medallion in the center bearing on the obverse a bust of Wash- 
ington in profile, and on the reverse the figure of a minute man, 
surrounded by a ribbon enameled blue, with the motto "Libertas 
et Patria" on the obverse, and the legend "Sons of the American 
Revolution" on the reverse, both in letters of gold. The cross 
shall be surmounted by an eagle in gold and the whole decoration 
suspended from a ring of gold by a ribbon of deep blue, with 
white and buff edges, and may be worn by any member of the 
Society on ceremonial occasions only, and shall be carried on the 
left breast, or at the collar if an officer or Past President General 
of the National Society, or the President, active or past, of a 
State Society. 

Sec. 2. The rosette shall be seven-sixteenths of an inch in di- 
ameter, of usual pattern, displaying the colors of the Society, 
blue, white, and buff, and may be worn by all members at discre- 
tion in the upper left-hand buttonhole of the coat. 

ARTICLE XVI. 

INDEBTEDNESS. 

No debts shall be contracted on behalf of the National Society. 
Every obligation for the payment of money, except checks drawn 
against deposits, executed in the name or on behalf of the Na- 
tional Society shall be null and void. 



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ARTICLE XVII. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS OF THE ANNUAL CONGRESS. 

1. Calling the Congress to order by the President General. 

2. Opening prayer by the Chaplain General. 

3. Appointment of a Committee on Credentials. 

4. Remarks by the President General on condition and needs 
of the Society. 

5. Report of Committee on Credentials, 

6. Reading of minutes of the last Congress. 

7. Report of Board of Trustees. 

8. Reports of General Officers. 

9. Reports of standing committees. 

10. Reports of special committees. 

11. Reports of State Societies. 

12. Old and unfinished business. 

13. New business, including election of officers and Trustees. 

14. Adjournment. 

15. Provided, That for a special purpose the Congress may, by 
a vote of two-thirds of those present and voting, suspend the 
above order of business. 

ARTICLE XVIII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

These By-Laws may be altered or amended by a vote of three- 
fourths of the members present at any meeting of the Board of 
Trustees, notice thereof having been given at a previous meeting. 



II 



Cije 3lntiiana ^octetj? 



41 




COLONEL SAMUEL MERRILL 

Long Beach, California 

President 1890 



Ci^e gntiiana ^ociet^ 

A preliminary meeting for the organization of the society in 
Indiana was held on April 23, 1889, in the Indiana State House. 
William H. English presided and David E. Snyder was secre- 
tary. William H. English and Charles W. Merrill were appointed 
delegates to attend the organization of the National Society in 
New York City, April 30, 1889. On January 15, a meeting was 
held at the office of Charles F. Griffin, Secretary of State of In- 
diana, for permanent organization. Colonel Samuel Merrill 
moved that those present organize, and upon motion of Will E. 
English the proposed constitution and by-laws were adopted 
with amendments. The society was organized on January 15, 
1890, and at that time chose as the date of its annual meeting the 
25th of February, the anniversary of the capture of Fort Sackville, 
at Vincennes, Indiana, in 1779. 

The first President elected was Colonel Samuel Merrill, of 
Indianapolis, and William E. English was recommended to the 
National Board of Managers as the Indiana member of that 
board. 

March 15, 1890, Colonel Samuel Merrill resigned to become 
Consul General at Calcutta, and the vice-president, William E. 
English, was elected to fill the vacancy. 

The Indiana society was fortunate in enrolling as its first mem- 
ber the late William H. English. Mr. English was the democratic 
nominee for Vice-President of the United States with General 
Winfield Scott Hancock. 

Among its members still living is Wellington Alexander Clark, 
Esq., of Crown Point, whose father was a soldier in the Ameri- 
can Revolution. 

The society has placed portraits of Revolutionary heroes in a 
number of the public institutions of the state, and in some of the 
local public educational institutions. As will appear from the 
memorial at page 141, it gave the initial impetus toward the adop- 
tion of the present plan of subsidiary monuments surrounding 
the base of the Indiana State Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at 
Indianapolis. 



91n apemortam 



William E. Niblack, died May 7, 1893. 
John Dunning, died May 16, 1893. 
Nelson Prentiss, died January 2, 1894. 
George W. McConnell, died September 5, 1894. 
William H. Brooks, died October 13, 1894. 
Mahlon D. Manson, died February 4, 1895. 
Hannibal Taffe, died March 19, 1895. 
David E. Snyder, died November 25, 1895. 
William H. English, died February 7, 1896. 
Seneca Buel Brov^^n, died Jamiary 6, 1897. 
Samuel H. Doyal, died January 18, 1897. 
Richard M. Hazlett, died July — , 1897. 
Charles B. Strickland, died March i, 1898. 
Samuel Caldwell Meredith, died February 9, 1899. 
Samuel M. Huston, died August 19, 1899. 
Jesse Andrew^ died 1900. 
George E. Townley, died September 17, 1900. 
Mortimer Nye, died July 6, 1901. 
Franklin Landers, died September 10, 1901. 
Samuel Ferris, died November 4, 1901. 
Levi L. Todd, died November 16, 1901. 
Atwater J. Treat, died April 22, 1902. 
William H. Smythe, died August 5, 1902. 
Charles J. Eyanson, died January 4, 1903. 
Charles E. Scoville, died January 29, 1903. 
Cephas B. Huston, died July 8, 1903. 
Robert S. Hatcher, died September 14, 1903. 
Leonidas W. Clayton, died October 15, 1903. 
Charles E. Hawley, died August 6, 1904. 
Frederick H. Fowler, died October 25, 1904. 
James Buren Higgins, died May 21, 1905. . 
William D. Daniels, died August 2, 1905. 
Addison L. Roache, died February 22, 1906. 
William Allen Van Buren, died April 14, 1906. 
Macy a. Brouse, died October 2, 1906. 




WILLIAM E. NIBLACK 
President 1891-1893 



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President, Samuel Merrill, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Vice-Presidents, Hamilton A. Mattison, Evansville. 

Henry V. Somes, Vincennes. 

Newland T. DePauw, New Albany. 

William E. English, Indianapolis. 

Nelson Prentiss, Albion. 

Schuyler Colfax, South Bend. 



President, William E. Niblack, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Vice-Presidents, Hamilton A. Mattison, Evansville. 

Henry V. Somes, Vincennes. 

Newland T. DePauw, New Albany. 

Matthew J. Tracy, Whiteland. 

William E. English, Indianapolis. 

Nathan B. Hawkins, Portland. 

Nelson Prentiss, Albion. 

Schuyler Colfax, South Bend. 

1892. 
Same as 1S91. 



1893. 

President, William E. Niblack, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 



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Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Nelson Prentiss, Albion. 

John Dunning, Valparaiso. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 



President, Mahlon D. Manson, Crawfordsville. 
Vice-President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Dr. William H. Brooks, Fort Wayne. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 



1895. 

President, Dr. Seneca Buel Brown, Fort Wayne. 
Vice-President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, David E. Snyder, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 

Robert Stockwell Hatcher, Lafayette. 



1896. 

President, Dr. Seneca Buel Brown, Fort Wayne. 
Vice-President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDow^ell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 

Jesse Andrew, Lafayette. 

Robert Stockwell Hatcher, Lafayette. 



1897. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 




SENECA BUEL BROWN, AI. D. 
President 1895, 1896 



i 



d^fficf rs of t\)t 31nDiana ^ociet^ 43 

Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 

Jesse Andrew, Lafayette. 



1898. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Samuel Caldwell Meredith, Indianapolis. 

Jesse Andrew, Lafayette. 



1899. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Jesse Andrew, Lafayette. 



1900. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 

Jesse Andrew, Lafayette. 



1 901. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 



44 ^ons; of t\)t American Keljolution 

Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 



1902. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 



1903. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 



1904. 

President, William E. English, Indianapolis. 
Vice-President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Secretary, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, C. H. McDowell, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 



1905. 

President, Inman H. Fowler, Spencer. 
Vice-President, Meredith Nicholson, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Benjamin A. Richardson, Jr., Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, Harold Taylor, Indianapolis. 
Chaplain, Rev. Frederick O. Granniss, Indianapolis. 




CAPTAIN WILLIA^I E. ENGLISH 

Indianapolis 

President 1897-1904 



(©fficn:0 of t^ie JlnDiana ^ociec^ 45 

Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
William Allen Wood, Indianapolis. 



1906. 

President, William A. Hamilton, Terre Haute. 
Vice-President, Charles W. Moores, Indianapolis. 
Secretary, Benjamin A. Richardson, Jr., Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, Theodore Stein, Indianapolis. 
Chaplain, Rev. Frederick O. Granniss, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-Presidents, 

William Allen Wood, Indianapolis. 

Austin F. Denny, Indianapolis. 



1907. 

President, Charles Washington Moores, Indianapolis. 
First Vice-President, 

Austin Flint Denny, Indianapolis. 
Second Vice-President, 

Theodore Stein, Indianapolis. 
Third Vice-President, 

George O. Dix, Terre Haute. 
Secretary, Dr. Benjamin A. Richardson, 

208 Newton Claypool Bldg., Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, 

340 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis. 
Chaplain, Rev. Christopher S. Sargent, Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, William John Brown, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington Alexander Clark, Crown Point. 



1908. 

President, Theodore Stein, Indianapolis. 
Honorary Vice-President, 

Wellington A. Clark, Crown Point. 
First Vice-President, 

William Allen Wood, Indianapolis. 
Second Vice-President, 

Frank Felter, Huntington. 
Third Vice-President, 

James E. Somes, Terre Haute. 



46 



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Secretary, Dr. B. A. Richardson, 

208 Newton Claypool Bldg., Indianapolis. 
Registrar, Duncan T. Bacon, 

340 N. Illinois St., Indianapolis. 
Treasurer, William John Brown, Indianapolis. 
Trustee, Charles Washington Moores, Indianapolis. 
Chaplain, Rev. Christopher S. Sargent, Indianapolis. 




WILLIA^I A. HAMILTON 

Terre Haute-, Indiana 

President 1906 



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American Betolution 



Name 



Residence 



Ad I 



State 

*i. William H. English Indianapolis Feb. 

2. Charles W. Moores Indianapolis Feb. 

*4. Nelson Prentiss Albion Feb. 

5. Cincinnatus H. McDowell.. .Indianapolis Feb. 

7. Samuel Merrill Long Beach, Cal. . . . Feb. 

8. Edwin D. Bryant French Lick, Ind. . .Feb. 

9. Henry V. Somes Vincennes Feb. 

ID. Hamilton A. Mattison Evansville Feb. 

12. Newland T. DePauw New Albany Feb. 

*I3. George W. McConnell Angola Feb. 

14. Henry H. Robinson Marion Mch. 

*i6. Addison L. Roache Indianapolis Mch. 

*iy. David E. Snyder Indianapolis Mch'. 

18. William E. English Indianapolis April 

19. James E. Somes Terre Haute Mch. 

20. Merrill Moores Indianapolis April 

21. Theodore Stein Indianapolis April 

22. William Bayard Hale New York 

23. Frederick N. Kollock Portland, Ore Mch. 

24. Moses G. McLain Indianapolis May 

25. George B. Cardwill New Albany May 

26. Meredith Nicholson Indianapolis Aug. 

*27. Cephas B. Huston Indianapolis May 

28. Jacquelin S. Holliday Indianapolis Oct. 

29. Frank P. Weadon Chicago Oct. 

30. James Sulgrove Choteau, Mont Nov. 

*3i. William E. Niblack Indianapolis Dec. 

2,2,. Harry S. New Indianapolis Dec. 

35. John J. Curtis New York City Dec. 

2,6. Henry C. Atkins Indianapolis Dec. 

39. Duncan T. Bacon Indianapolis Jan. 

*42. John Dunning Valparaiso May 

*43. Samuel C. Meredith Indianapolis Dec. 

44. Ashley J. Elliott Peoria, 111 Dec. 

*48. Richard M. Hazelett Greencastle Feb. 

*49. Samuel M. Huston Terre Haute Feb. 

52. Frederick A. Newton Chicago April 

*53. William A. Van Buren Alliance Feb. 





National 




No. 


I, '90 


.. .1601 


I, '90 


...1602 


3. '90 


. . . 1604 


3, '90 


.. .1605 


I, '90 


.. .1607 


12, '90 


...1608 


12, '90 


.. .1609 


14, '90 


.. .1610 


14, '90 


.. .1612 


17, "90 


...1613 


5/90 


.. .1614 


7, '90 


...1616 


13, '90 


.. .1617 


2, '90 


...1618 


28, '90 


.. .1619 


5, '90 


. . . 1620 


ID, '90 


.. .1621 




..18996 


13, '90 


. . . 1623 


5/90 


. . . 1624 


7/90 


. . . 1625 


18, '90 


...1626 


10, '90 


. . . 1627 


13, '90 


...1628 


25, '90 


. . . 1629 


17, '90 


. . . 1630 


2, '90 


.. .1631 


7/90 


. . . 1633 


10, '90 


...1635 


II, '90 


...1636 


9, '91 


. . . 1639 


15, '91 


. . . 1642 


7/91 


...1643 


7, '91 


... 1644 


17, '92 


...1648 


17, '92 


. . . 1649 


9/92 


. . . 1652 


8, '93 


...1653 



48 



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state 

*S4- 

55- 

56. 
*58. 

59- 

60. 

61. 

63. 

64. 

65. 

66. 

67. 

70. 

71. 

*72. 
77- 
79- 
81. 
82. 

*83. 

*87. 

*88. 
89. 
90. 

*92. 
93- 
94- 
95. 
96. 

*98. 

102. 

103. 

104. 

105. 

107. 
*io8. 

109. 

no. 

III. 

113. 

117. 

118. 
*iig. 

*I2I. 

122. 
123. 



Name Residence 

Seneca B. Brown Ft. Wayne. . . 

William J. Holliday Indianapolis . 

Wellington A. Clark Crown Point. 



Admitted 
, Mch. 22, '93 
. Mch. 24, '93 
June 8, '93 



National 

No. 



Mahlon D. Manson Crawfordsville June 8, '93 

George S. Fowler Ft. Wayne Oct. 2, '93 

Charles B. Fitch Ft. Wayne Nov. 14, '93 

Robertson J. Fisher Ft. Wa}me Nov. 22, '93 

Charles B. Woodworth Ft. Wayne Nov. 28, '93 

David C. Fisher Ft. Wayne Nov. 28, '93 

Clark Fairbank Ft. Wayne Dec. 6, '93 

Charles E. Bond Ft. Wayne Dec. 13, '93 

Richard G. Thompson, Jr.. .Ft. Wayne Feb. i, '94 

Mortimer Levering Georgetown, Ky Feb. 9, '94 

Harry R. Wysor Muncie Feb. 13, '94 

William H. Brooks Ft. Wayne Feb. 26, '94 

Clarence S. Swann Ft. Wayne April 10, '94 

William W. Atterbury Altoona, Pa April 21, '94 

Horace G. Granger Ft. Wayne April 23, '94 

Oscar J. Willson Ft. Wayne May 4, '94 

Samuel H. Doyal Frankfort May 9, '94 

Hannibal Tafife Indianapolis May 31, '94 

Jesse Andrew Lafayette June 19, '94 

Jesse C. Andrew Seattle, Wash June 19, '94 

Thomas M. Andrew Lafayette June 19, '94 

Atwater J. Treat Indianapolis Dec. 4, '94 

Hervey Bates, Jr Indianapolis Dec. I7, '94 

Herman C. Tuttle Indianapolis Dec. 27, '94 

Richard B. Tuttle Indianapolis Dec. 27, '94 

George G. Griffin Indianapolis Jan. 5, '95 

Robert S. Hatcher Washington, D. C. .Feb. 5, '95 

John M. Manson Terre Haute Feb. 20, '95 

Stephen S. Eastham. Vincennes Feb. 20, '95 

Jacob D. Early Stamford, Conn Feb. 22, '95 

Horace J. Eddy Indianapolis Feb. 22, '95 

William N. Manson Crawfordsville Feb. 23, '95 

Dr. Levi L. Todd Indianapolis Feb. 25, '95 

William J. Brown Indianapolis Feb. 25, '95 

Clarence A. Kenyon Indianapolis Mch. 27, '95 

Adolph Rogers New Castle April 17, '95 

James H. Mauzy San Antonio, Tex. .June 13, '95 

Harold Taylor Indianapolis Aug. 17, '95 

Charles Martindale Indianapolis Aug. 13, '95 

Franklin Landers Indianapolis Sept. 2, '95 

Charles E. Scoville Evansville Sept. 14, '95 

Charles H. Newton St. Louis, Mo Sept. 24, '95 

Inman H. Fowler Spencer Oct. 17, '95 




INMAN H. FOWLER 

Spencer, Indiana 

President 1905 



ilt0t of spembf r0 



49 



State 

124. 

*I27. 

*I29. 

130. 
131. 

134. 

135- 
*I36. 

138. 

139- 

140. 

141. 

142. 

144. 

145- 

146. 
*I47. 

150. 

151. 

152. 

153. 

157- 

158. 

159. 

160. 

162. 

163. 

164. 

165. 

166. 

167. 

169. 

170. 

171. 

172. 

173- 

175- 

179. 
*i8i. 

182. 

183. 

184. 

185. 

188. 

190. 



Name Residence Adm 

Thomas L. Stitt Wabash Oct. 

George E. Townley Indianapolis Feb. 

Charles B. Strickland New Castle April 

Algernon S. Butterfield, Jr..Evansville April 

Earl H. Payne Rushville May 

Samuel Ferris New Castle June 

Edgar S. Ferris New Castle June 

John A. Ratliff Spiceland July 

William H. Smythe Indianapolis Sept. 

Guy W. Brown, U. S. A New Orleans, La. . .Nov. 

Levi S. RatlifF Indianapolis Dec. 

Bertrand P. Mossman Ft. Wayne Jan. 

William B. Wheelock Indianapolis Jan. 

Robert T. St. John Marion Jan. 

Jethro A. Hatch Victoria, Texas Feb. 

Frederick C. Scheuch Missoula, Mont Feb. 

Lucius H. Landon Niles, Mich Feb. 

William D. Daniels Evansville Mch. 

Elmer A. Smythe Indianapolis Mch. 

George Webster, Jr Marion Mch. 

Rosecrans J. Bosworth Winchester April 

Charles Powel Murphey New Castle May 

Guilford C. Babcock New York Oct. 

Curtis B. Mather Lafayette Nov. 

Morris M. Townley Indianapolis Nov. 

David D. Farnsworth Michigan City Feb. 

Gustavus V. Menzies Mt. Vernon Dec. 

Samuel M. Foster Ft. Waj'ne Dec. 

Budd Van Sweringen Ft. Waj^ne Feb. 

Robert INIillard Ft. Wayne Feb. 

Clarence W. Cromwell Jackson, Miss Feb. 

Mason J. Niblack Vincennes Feb. 

Howard Kimball Indianapolis Feb. 

George G. Ball Lafayette Feb. 

Joseph F. Somes Vincennes F"eb. 

Austin F. Denny Indianapolis Mch. 

William E. Walling New York May 

Robert A. Woods Princeton June 

Beza Archer Princeton June 

Mortimer Nye LaPorte Dec. 

Simeon S. Johnson Jeffersonville Dec. 

Will W. Kemper Muncie Jan. 

Benj . A. Richardson Indianapolis April 

Raymond P. Van Camp Indianapolis May 

Nelson A. Gladding Indianapolis Dec. 

Donn V. Smythe Indianapolis Mch. 





National 




No. 


26, '95 


...1724 


21, '96 


...1727 


21, '96 


...1729 


28,-96 


...1730 


18, '96 


...1731 


27, '96 


•••1733 


27, '96 


•■•1734 


6,-96 


•■•1735 


15/96 


...1736 


17, '96 


...1738 


26,-96 


•••1739 


4, '97 


...1740 


12, '97 


...174I 


29, '97 


...17+2 


25, '97 


...1744 


27, '97 


.■•1745 


28, '97 


...3835 


9, '97 


...1747 


25, '97 


...1750 


31, '97 


..IO126 


9, '97 


. .10127 


19, '97 


..IOI28 


6, '97 


..IOI32 


25, '97 


..IOI33 


25, '97 


..IOI34 


21,-98 


..I0I3S 


6, '97 


..10137 


28, '97 


..10138 


19, '98 


..10139 


19, '98 


. .10140 


19. '98 


. .10141 


19, '98 


. .10142 


19, '98 


..10144 


19, '98 


..10145 


19, '98 


. .10146 


25, '98 


..10147 


13, '98 


. .10148 


14/98 


. .10150 


14,-98 


..1 1704 


20,-98 


..11706 


20, -98 


..1 1707 


16,-99 


..11708 


28,-99 


..11709 


20,-99 


. .11710 


20, 99 


. .11713 


17, '00 


..11715 



50 ^on& of tf^t ^mwtan Metiolutton 

state Name Residence Admitted ^^No!^^' 

192. Morton Tuttle Huntington May 5, '00. . .11717 

*ig4. Leonidas W. Clayton Indianapolis May 9, '00. . .11719 

*2G0. Macy A. Brouse Kokomo Jan. 19, '01. . .11725 

202. William A. Hamilton Terre Haute Feb. 6, '01 . . . 13652 

205. Charles McGrew Huntington Feb. 6, '01 . . . 13655 

206. William J. Robie Richmond Feb. 6, '01 . . . 13656 

207. Guy S. Robie Richmond Feb. 28, '01 .. .13657 

209. William C. Mitchell Lafayette Mch. 25, '01 . . . 13659 

210. Otis C. Morgan Huntington Mch. 25, '01. . .13660 

211. Frank Felter Huntington April 10, '01. . .13661 

212. Horace S. Frost Columbus July 22, '01 . . . 13662 

213. Edward E. Frost Indianapolis July 22, '01 . . . 13663 

215. Charles B. Harris Reichenberg, Austr.Nov. 23, '01 ... 13665 

216. Frank P. Sleeper Peru Dec. 9, '01. . .13666 

217. Joseph A. Bursley Ann Arbor, Mich.. .Feb. i, '02. . .13667 

218. Phillip E. Bursley Ft. Wayne Feb. i, '02. . .13668 

219. George T. Ladd Ft. Wayne Feb. i, '02. . . 13669 

220. Thomas C. Whallon Indianapolis Feb. i, '02 . . . 13670 

221. Oscar Dinwiddie Lowell Mch. i, '02. . .13671 

225. James G. I. Penfield Huntington April 8, '02. . .13675 

226. Edgar F. Hawley Clifton, Ariz April 8, '02. . . 14801 

*227. Charles E. Hawley Huntington April 8, '02. . . 14802 

228. Levi L. Simons Warren April 8, '02. . . 14803 

229. Russell B. Harrison Indianapolis July 5, '02. . . .2020 

230. Morton S. Hawkins Indianapolis July 5, '02. . .14805 

231. Walter C. Nichols Muncie June 14, '02. . .14806 

232. Oskaloosa M. Smith Indianapolis Feb. 22, '02. . . .2144 

233. Milton Garrigus Kokomo July i, '02. . .14808 

*235. Charles J. Eyanson Columbia City Sept. 10, '02 . . . 14810 

236. Byron Dawson Southport Sept. 29, '02. . . 14811 

237. Mathew J. Tracy Whiteland Sept. 29, '02 . . . 14812 

239. Wilbur Topping Terre Haute Nov. 25, '02 . . . 14814 

240. Charles N.Williams Indianapolis Jan. 10, '03. . .14815 

242. Lloyd P. Hamilton Terre Haute Mch. 17, '03. . .14817 

243. Henry P. Townley Terre Haute Mch. 19, '03. . . 14818 

244. Augustin Boice Indianapolis April 2, '03 . . . 14819 

245. Harry Miesse Indianapolis April '03... 12897 

246. Arthur L. Bodurtha Peru April 24, '03 . . . 14821 

248. John Alfred Barnard Coronado, Cal April 20, '03 . . . 14823 

249. John M. Lilly Weston, Mass June '03.. .14824 

250. Charles S. Tarlton ist U.S.Inf., U.S.A..July 18, '03. . .14825 

251. Joshua W. Hughes IndianapoHs July 5, '03. . .16101 

252. James P. Goodrich Winchester Nov. 30, '03. . .16102 

254. William M. Crockett Sheridan Nov. 30, '03. . .16104 

255. John S. House Ft. Wayne Dec. 19, '03. . .16105 

256. Frederick O. Granniss Wheaton, 111 Dec. 19, '03 . . . 16106 



ilt0t of flpembers! 51 



Admitted 


Jan. 


4, '04.. . 


Jan. 


21, '04. . . 


Jan. 


21, '04... 


Feb. 


IS. '04... 


Feb. 


20, '04. . . 


Feb. 


25, '04... 


Feb. 


25, '04... 


May 


28, '04... 


April 


5/04... 


April 


9/04... 


Aug. 


15/04.. . 



257. Emmett J. Heeb Indianapolis . . 

258. Louis F. Tracy Whiteland Jan 

*259. Frederick H. Fowler Spencer Jan 

261. Arthur G. Kingman Indianapolis 

262. Nathan H. Richardson Indianapolis 

263. Frederick W. B. Coleman.. .London, England. 

264. Lewis O. Bodman New York 

265. Oscar C. Leggett Ft. Wayne 

266. Thomas L. Elrod Columbus 

267. James L. Caldwell Lafayette 

*268. James B. Higgins Indianapolis 

269. Dorris A. Muirhead Ft. Wayne Sept. 27, '04... 

270. George P. T. Sargent Indianapolis Sept. 21, '04. . . 

271. William Allen Wood Indianapolis Sept. 27, '04... 

272. Herbert L. Whitehead Indianapolis Nov. 7, '04... 

273. Joseph Littell Indianapolis Oct. 19, '04. . . 

274. Ronald R. Purman Ft. Wayne Jan. 19, '05... 

275. LeGrand T. Meyer Hammond Jan. 30, '05 . . . 

276. Edgar P. Kling Peru Feb. 7, '05 . . . 

277. Oza Blodgett Chattanooga, Tenn. . Feb. 7, '05 . . . 

278. Albert R. Beardsley Elkhart Feb. 14, '05... 

279. Joseph W. McCrea Lafayette Mch. 6, '05 . . . 

280. Daniel McDonald Plymouth Mch. 17, '05... 

281. William J. McKee Indianapolis Mch. 17, '05... 

282. Benjamin G. Hudnut Terre Haute Mch. 20, '05. . . 

283. Andrew A. Purman Ft. Wayne April 17, '05... 

284. Horace E. Tune Terre Haute May 30, '05 . , . 

285. John D. Steele Terre Haute May 30, '05... 

286. Charles T. Jewett Terre Haute Oct. 14, '05 . . . 

287. Charles F. Dawson Indianapolis Nov. 7, '05 . . . 

288. Mark A. Dawson Indianapolis Nov. 7, '05... 

289. Flam Young Guernsey Bedford Dec. 4,'o5... 

290. Thomas B. Deem Knightstown Jan. 4, '06... 

292. Christopher S. Sargent Indianapolis Feb. 7,'o6... 

293. Ralph A. Coltharp Terre Haute Feb. 7, '06 . . . 

294. George O. Dix Terre Haute Feb. 19, '06. . . 

295. Harold W. Vrooman Kokomo Feb. 19, '06... 

296. Louis B. Ewbank Indianapolis Feb. 19, '06... 

297. William E. Hayward Indianapolis Mch. 3, '06... 

298. James B. Harris Terre Haute Mch. 3,'o6... 

299. James H. Haberly Ft. Wayne July 14, '06... 

300. Benjamin A. Richardson, Jr.Indianapolis Mch. 15, '06... 

301. Henry M. Bronson Indianapolis Mch. i5,'o6... 

302. Charles L. Massey Kansas City, Mo April 5, '06. . . 

303. Collins W. Kinnan Montpelier May 7, '06 . . . 

304. Thatcher A. Parker Terre Haute Sept. 13, '06. . . 



6107 
6108 
6109 
6111 
6112 
6113 
6114 
611S 
6116 
6117 
6118 
6119 
6120 
6121 
6122 
6123 
6124 
6125 
7251 
7252 
7253 
7254 
7255 
7256 
7257 
7258 
7259 
7260 
7261 
7262 
7263 
7264 
7265 
7267 
7268 
7269 
7270 
7271 
7272 

7274 
7275 
8126 
8127 
8128 
8129 



52 



^on0 of tlie american Kebolution 



state Name Residence Admitted 

305. George William Rogers. .. .Washington, D. C. .Jan. 3, '07, 

307. William Ward Adamson. . .Terre Haute Jan. 24/07, 

308. Claude G. Richie Indianapolis Jan. 29/07 

309. Chauncey Rundle Watson. .Indianapolis Jan. 29/07 

310. William W. Wadsworth Muncie Feb. 8/07 

311. Noah Whisler Kokomo Feb. 9/07 

312. Frank Ball Fowler Indianapolis Feb. 12/07 

313. Earle Portmess Lee Terre Haute Mch. 23/07 

314. William P. Krom Elwood April 16, '07 

315. Stuart Eagleson Columbus, Ohio.... May 11, '07 

316. Trafford B. Tallmadge Indianapolis May 24, '07 

317. John Simonson Howk Jeffersonville July 31, '07 

318. Arthur Henry Perfect Ft. Wayne Sept. 3, '07 

319. Robert Buckell Insley Westfield, N. J Sept. 3, '07 

320. Alonzo Dale Moff ett Elwood Oct. I, '07 

321. Marion Elmer Dinwiddle. . . Crown Point Nov. 20, '07 

322. Ezra Guard Hayes Lawrenceburg Nov. 22, '07 

323. Ira A. Chapman Indianapolis Nov. 29, '07 

324. Hervey C. Weiford Huntington Dec. 31, '07 

325. John P. Kimmel Terre Haute Dec. 30, '07 

326. Horace C. Starr Indianapolis Dec. 23, '07 

327. Henry Keys Stormont Terre Haute Dec. 31/0? 

328. Thomas T. Moore Greencastle Jan. 13, '08 

329. Emory Waldo Spencer Indianapolis Jan. 16, '08 

330. Lemuel Ford Perdue Terre Haute Jan. 31, '08 

331. Frank Cook Greene New Albany Feb. 4, '08 

332. George Wesley Ilgenfritz. . . Lafayette Feb. 21, '08 

333. Paul Bitner Hamilton Terre Haute Feb. 22, '08 

334. Frank Sylvester Clark Indianapolis Mar. 18, '08 

335. Stanley Curtis Brooks Indianapolis April 15, '08 



National 

No. 

.18130 
.18132 
•I8133 
.18134 
.18135 
.18136 
.18137 
.18138 
.18139 
.18140 
.18141 
.18142 
.18143 
, .18144 
.18145 
.18146 
.18147 
.18148 
..18149 
.18150 
. 19401 
. .19402 
. 19403 
.19404 
. . 19405 
. .19406 
, . 19407 
. .19408 
,.19409 




CHARLES WASHINGTON MOORES 
Indianapolis 
President 1907 



Btjsignationjs 



BRAWLEY, LEWIS J., Huntington. 
BULSON, ALBERT E., Ft. Wayne. 
CARNAHAN, ROBERT H., Ft. Wayne. 
CARPENTER, RICHARD, Lafayette. 
CARTER, CASSIUS M., iSIuncie. 
CULBERTSON, CHARLES W., Shelbyville. 
ELLIOTT, ASHLEY J., Peoria, 111. 
FORREY, G. C, Anderson. 
HOUSE, J. S., Ft. Wayne. 
JEWETT, HENRY E, New Albany. 
KENDRICK. CHARLES E., Ft. Wayne. 
Mcculloch, CHARLES, Ft. Wayne. 
Mcculloch, JOHN R., Ft. Wayne. 
McGREW, CHARLES, Huntington. 
MERRILL, SAMUEL, Long Beach, Cal. 
MITCHELL. WILLIAAI A., Marion. 
OLDS. EUGENE H., Ft. Wayne. 
POINDEXTER, CHARLES E., Jeflfersonville. 
PYKE, FRANK H., Ft. Wayne. 
TOWNLEY, HENRY P., Indianapolis. 
WALLING, WILLOUGHBY G., Chicago. 



CranjsJfcrjS 



ANDREW, JESSE C, transferred to Washington Society. 
ANTHONY, EDWIN MARSH, transferred to Illinois Society. 
COLEMAN, F. W. B., transferred to Michigan Society. 
FARNSWORTH, DAVID DE MAY, transferred to Illinois Society. 
GRANNISS, FREDERICK O., transferred to Washington Society. 
HALE, WILLIAM BAYARD, elected to New York Society. 
KOLLOCK, FREDERICK N., transferred to Oregon Society. 
MASSEY, CHARLES LEE, transferred to Missouri Society. 
MATHER, C. B., transferred to Ohio Society. 
MEYER, LE GRAND, transferred to Ohio Society. 
NEWTON, FREDERICK A., transferred to Illinois Society. 
SULGROVE, JAMES, transferred to Montana Society. 



I 




THEODORE STEIN 

Indianapolis 
President 1908 



former i^cmberjs 



The following were at one time members of the Society : 

State and Nat'l i3„,:j„ „ 

Number Residence 

15 1615 Schuyler Colfax South Bend, Ind. 

22 18996 W. B. Hale New York, N. Y. 

38 1638 N.B.Hawkins Portland, Ind. 

41 1641 A. Hunter Anthony Indianapolis, Ind. 

46 1646 Robert W. P. Noble Socorro, N. Mex. 

51 1651 W. H. Banta Rochester, Ind. 

62 1662 Otis B. Fitch Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

74 1674 Robert J. Thompson Lafayette, Ind. 

75 1675 Lewis R. Thompson Lafayette, Ind. 

76 1676 Clifford S. Sims Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

78 1678 Charles E. Graves Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

84 1684 Aretas W. Hatch Indianapolis, Ind. 

85 1685 Edgar L. Goldthwaite Marion, Ind. 

86 1686 John W. Thompson Pueblo, Col. 

99 1699 Charles B. Judah Vincennes, Ind. 

loi 1701 W. D. Heston Lafayette, Ind. 

106 1706 Mahlon F. Manson Crawfordsville, Ind. 

112 1712 George J. Waters Poseyville, Ind. 

114 1714 J. McM. Boggs Lafayette, Ind. 

115 1715 Lemuel S. Boggs Chicago, 111. 

116 1716 Moses T. Boggs Lafayette, Ind. 

120 1720 Asa G. Palmer Birmingham, Ala. 

125 1725 Charles O. Stimson Lafayette, Ind. 

128 1728 W. C. Thompson Indianapolis, Ind. 

132 1732 Theodore Lincoln Austin, 111. 

143 1 743 John L. Doyal Frankfort, Ind. 

149 1749 Carleton W. Maitlen Muncie, Ind. 

154 10129 Whitfield Bowers Michigan City, Ind. 

155 10130 William H. Morey Lowell, Ind. 

156 10131 William Bosson Indianapolis, Ind. 

161 10136 George C. Forrey Anderson, Ind. 

174 10149 David L. Metsker Indianapolis, Ind. 

176 11701 Noble G. Olds Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

178 11703 Robert W. Hawkins Brazil, Ind. 

180 1 1705 Thomas B. Lee Crown Point, Ind. 

187 11712 Samuel G. VanCamp Indianapolis, Ind. 

1S9 11714 John T. Martindale Indianapolis, Ind. 

191 "JIT,-] George A. Keeler Old Point Comfort, Va. 



56 ^on0 of t\)t American leiebolution 



Residence 

Roy Archbold Decatur, 111. 

Noble W. Scott Huntington, Ind. 

Theodore Van Antwerp Huntington, Ind. 

Henry C. Morgan Huntington, Ind. 

Enos B. Heiney Huntington, Ind. 

Charles E. Segur Ft. Wayne, Ind. 

Herbert B. Spencer Huntington, Ind. 

John E. Osborne Knox, Ind. 

Earl B. Adams Decatur, Ind. 

Joseph Glass Marshall Indianapolis, Ind. 

John W. Little Danville, 111. 

Frank B. Morgan Huntington, Ind. 

Edward P. Clancj" Buffalo, N. Y. 

Thomas J. McCoy Rensselaer, Ind. 

Charles M. Clayton Indianapolis, Ind. 

Joseph McP. Taylor St. Louis, Mo. 

Franklin S. Crockett Lafayette, Ind. 

Smallwood Noel, Jr Indianapolis, Ind. 



State 


and Nat'l 


N. 


jmber 


193 


II718 


195 


1 1 720 


196 


II721 


197 


1 1 722 


198 


1 1 723 


201 


1365 1 


204 


13654 


208 


13658 


214 


13664 


222 


13672 


223 


13673 


224 


13674 


234 


14809 


238 


I4813 


241 


I4816 


247 


14822 


253 


16103 


260 


161IO 




JESSE ANDREW 

Born 1806, Died 1900. 

Son of John Andrew, M. D. 

Surgeon New Jersey Revolutionary Troops 



Eoll of jHemtierjs; 



SHOWING THEIR PLACE OF BIRTH, RESIDENCE, RECORD OF REVOLUTION- 
ARY ANCESTORS; STATE NUMBER AND NATIONAL NUMBER 

The names of actual sons of soldiers of the revolution appear in black 
type. 

WILLIAM WARD ADAMSON. Born in Rockville, Indiana. Residence, 
Terra Haute, Indiana. State No. 307; National No. 18132. Son of 
Nathan and Phebe (Humphreys) Adamson ; grandson of John Hum- 
phreys and Jane (Ward) Humphreys; great-grandson of James Ward, 
who was commissioned an ensign in the Virginia Militia under Colo- 
nel Andrew Lewis in August of 1763. In the Autumn of 1774, the 
Indians, incited by the British, became more and more troublesome 
and the Virginia troops, under the command of General Andrew 
Lewis, Were sent to the front to meet the Indians, led by their chief, 
"Cornstalk." In the Battle of Point Pleasant, October 10, James 
Ward, who had been promoted in rank and was in this engagement 
captain of a regiment under Colonel William Fleming, was killed, and 
his body buried on the battlefield. See Waddert's History of Aug. 
Co. ; Foote's History of Virginia ; John Lewis Peyton's History of 
Aug. Co. ; John Stewart's Memories of the Battle of Point Pleasant ; 
family records, papers and accounts printed in the Springfield, Ohio, 
papers in 1857, and the Mason County, Kentucky papers in 1886. 

*JESSE ANDREW. Born in Center County, Pennsylvania. State No. 
88; National No. 1688. Son of Doctor John Andrczv, surgeon's mate 
and afterwards surgeon. Commissioned in 1775 and served until the 
end of the war, he being present and on duty at the surrender of Corn- 
wallis at Yorktown. See History of Medicine and Medical IMen of 
New Jersey, by Stephen Wicks. Torren's List of Surgeons and Physi- 
cians of the Revolution. Stryker's Register. See Record of Dr. 
George L. Andrew, National No. 6331. 

JESSE C. ANDREW. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 89; Na- 
tional No. 1689. Residence, Seattle, Washington. Grandson of John 
Andrew, whose record is shown above. 

THOMAS M. ANDREW. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. Residence, West 
Point, Indiana. State No. 90; National No. 1690. Son of Jesse and 
Sarah (Nichol) Andrew; grandson of John Andrew, who was a sur- 
geon in New Jersey Militia, as shown above. 



58 ^onst of tlje American Hefaolution 

EDWIN MARSH ANTHONY. Born in New Albany, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Chicago, Illinois. State No. 57; National No. 1657. Son of 
A. J. P. and Nancy Lurinda (Marsh) Anthony; grandson of Edwin 
and Lydia Marsh ; great-grand son of Samuel Chandler and Martha 
(Seabrook) Marsh; great-great-grandson of Stephen Seabrook; great- 
great-great-grandson of Thomas Seabrook, Lieutenant-Colonel Reed's 
Battalion New Jersey State Troops ; at Battle of Monmouth. 

BEZA ARCHER. Born in Princeton, Indiana. Residence, Princeton, 
Indiana. State No. 179; National No. 11704. Son of David and 
Martha (McCalla) Archer; grandson of Thomas and Mary (Mc- 
Calla) Archer; great-grandson of Thomas McCalla, private Eleventh 
Pennsylvania Line. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Vol- 
ume 13, page 146, and Volume 11, page 68. 

HENRY CORNELIUS ATKINS. Born in Atlanta, Iowa. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 26; National No. 1636. Son of 
Elias Cornelius and Sarah Frances (Parker) Atkins; grandson of 
Addison and Eunice (Brigham) Parker; great-grandson of Joseph 
and Rebecca (Haynes) Brigham; great-great-grandson of Ahijah 
Brigham, Second Lieutenant Captain Amasa Cranston's Company, 
1779, Sudbury, Massachusetts, Militia. 

WILLIAM WALLACE ATTERBURY. Born in New Albany, Indiana. 
Residence, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. State No. 79; National No. 
1679. Son of John Guest and Catherine Jones (Earned) Atterbury; 
grandson of Charles and Sylvia (Colt) Lamed; great-grandson of 
Simon Learned, Captain Second Company Fourth Massachusetts Regi- 
ment; Ensign, 1775; Adjutant and Captain, 1777; Aide-de-Camp, 1779 
to 1 781; Captain, 1782. See Record Index, Revolutionary War Ar- 
chives, in custody of Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachu- 
setts. 

GUILFORD CARLILE BABCOCK. Born in Evansville, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, New York City. State No. 157; National No. 10132. Son of 
Henry Oliver and Mary (Howser) Babcock; grandson of Oliver and 
Anne (Heartt) Babcock; great-grandson of Oliver Babcock, who 
was Lieutenant of Sixth Connecticut Regiment, Parson's Tenth Regi- 
ment Continental Line; Ensign, 1775; Lieutenant, 1775, and also of 
Knowlton's Rangers. He was taken prisoner at Fort Washington in 
November of 1776, but was exchanged the following January. See 
"Connecticut in the Revolution," pages 72>^ 99 and 122. 

DUNCAN T. BACON. Born in Ogdensburg, New York. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 39; National No. 1639. Son of 
Henry T. and Mary (Turner) Bacon; grandson of Amos and Dorcas 
(Tibbitts) Bacon; great-grandson of Jacob Bacon, who, in the capac- 
ity of a private soldier, at the Battle of Concord and Lexington, was 



HecorD of Krbolutionar^ 9inctstov6 59 

wounded. At the Battle of Bunker Hill, was a member of Captain 
Knowlton's Connecticut Company. Was on pension roll from July 
20, 1832, until his death in 1844, for twelve months and fifteen days' 
actual service in Connecticut Troops. See "Battles of the United 
States." 

GEORGE GORDON BALL. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. Residence, 
Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 170; National No. 10145. Son of Cyrus 
Gordon and Annette (Winter) Ball; grandson of George and Mary 
(Squier) Winter; great-grandson of Timothy and Rebeccah (Tucker) 
Squier; great-great-grandson of Ellis Squier, private Essex County, 
New Jersey, Militia. See Records of the Revolutionary War, in pos- 
session of the Adjutant-General of the State of New Jersey, at Tren- 
ton, New Jersey; also family Bible in possession of above named 
George Gordon Ball. 

JOHN ALFRED BARNARD. Born in Grenville Province, Quebec, 
Canada. Residence, Coronada, California. State No. 248; National 
No. 14823. Son of John Fiske and Gertrude Agnes (Harvey) Bar- 
nard; grandson of John and Sarah Rice (Bigelow) ; great-grandson of 
Walter and Judith (Trowbridge) Bigelow; great-great-grandson of 
William Trozvbridge, private, Massachusetts Minute Men and Craft's 
Artillery; great grandson of David Bigelozv, member of Worcester 
Committee and of Massachusetts Conventions ; great-grandson of 
Lewis and Bathsheba (Lovell) Barnard; great-great-grandson of 
Ebcnezer Lovcil, Captain Massachusetts Militia, Lexington Alarm, 
1775; Colonel, 1781. See early town records, Worcester, Massachu- 
setts, and "Old Burial Grounds," issued by the Worcester Society of 
Antiquities for the year 1877, page 114; also copies of records certified 
to by E. H'. Tonne, City Clerk, Worcester, Massachusetts. Lincoln's 
History of Worcester, Bond's General History. 

HERVEY BATES, JR. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Indi- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 93 ; National No. 1693. Son of Hervey 
and Charlotte (Twining) Bates; grandson of Hervey and Sidney 
(Sedgwick) Bates; great grandson of Daniel Bates, who joined the 
American Troops as a lad as private in Eastern Battalion, Morris 
County, New Jersey, Militia ; afterwards as private in New Jersey 
State Troops, and finally under Captain Ward and Colonel Seely in 
the Continental Army, where he was serving when the war closed. 
He was then twenty years old. See records on file at Trenton, New 
Jersey, and also at Pension Bureau. 

ALBERT R. BEARDSLEY. Born in Dayton, Ohio. Residence, Elk- 
hart, Indiana. State No. 278; National No. 17253. Son of Elijah 
Hubbel Beardsley and Matilda (Lehman) Beardsley; grandson of 
Elijah Beardsley, private under his father (Phineas) as Captain of 
the Seventh Connecticut Regiment; also a member of the Boston 

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Tea Party, December, 1773; also great-grandson of Phineas Beards- 
ley, Captain Seventh Connecticut Regiment. 

OZA BLODGETT. Born in Attica, Indiana. Residence, Chattanooga, 
Tennessee. State No. 277; National No. 17252. Son of Riley G. 
Blodgett and Emma (Seall) Blodgett; grandson of Henry Blodgett 
and Ann (Lyon) Blodgett; great-grandson of Henry Blodgett, private 
in Massachusetts Militia. Pensioned. See record of Hiram A. 
Huse, National No. 2761, Montpelier, Vermont. Also the great-great- 
grandson of James Blodgett, Lieutenant in Massachusetts Continental 
Troops. See record of Hiram A. Huse, National No. 2761, Mont- 
pelier, Vermont. 

LEWIS OTIS BODMAN. Born in Toledo, Ohio. Residence, New 
York. State No. 264; National No. 161 14. Son of Lewis Henry 
Bodman and Ethelberta (Ballard) Bodman; grandson of Otis Ballard 
and Emily (Kreider) Ballard; great-grandson of John Ballard and 
Pamela Bennett Ballard; great-great-grandson of William Ballard 
and Elizabeth Whitney Ballard ; great-great-great-grandson of Josiah 
Ballard, a soldier in Captain (Lieutenant) John Trask, Colonel David 
Leonard's Regiment in march to Ticonderoga, and in Captain Eben- 
ezer Goodale's Company, Colonel Samuel William's Regiment. See 
Revolutionary Records, Archives of Massachusetts at Boston State 
House. 

ARTHUR L. BODURTHA. Born in Hudson New York. Residence, 
Peru, Indiana. State No. 246; National No. 14821. Son of Harvey 
Lawrence and Mary F. (Haight) Bodurtha; grandson of Harvey and 
Dorothy (Taylor) Bodurtha; great-grandson of Stephen Bodurtha, 
private Massachusetts Militia. See "Record of the Bodurtha Family, 
1645-1896," by H. Maria Bodurtha, of Agawam, Massachusetts, pages 
26, 34, 48, 73, and 74; also Record of Massachusetts Revolutionary 
Soldiers, in the Indiana State Library. 

AUGUSTIN BOICE. Born in Gallia County, Ohio. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 244; National No. 14819. Son of Jacob 
and Mary Stevens (Bradbury) Boice; grandson of Joseph and Eliza- 
beth (Stevens) Bradbury; great-grandson of Jacob Bradbury, Cap- 
tain Third York County, Pennsylvania Militia. See Massachusetts 
Soldiers and Sailors in the War of the Revolution, Volume 2, page 
397; "Bradbury Memorial," pages 59, 6y, 70, 74, 81, 93, 128, 131; 
also Marriage Record in office of Probate Court of Gallia County, 
Ohio,_ pages 251, 446. 

CHARLES EWING BOND. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Residence, 

Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 66; National No. 1666. Son of 

. Charles D. and Lavinia A. (Ewing) Bond; grandson of Charles W. 

and Abigail Bryant (Woodworth) Ewing; great-grandson of Benja- 



HrcorD of Hetjolwtionarv ^nccstorg 61 

min and Rachel Woodworth ; great-great-grandson of Benjamin 
Woodzvorth, private, Massachusetts MiHtia, who enlisted on the call 
of the Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775, and served in numerous com- 
panies, 1775-1776; his name also appears with the rank of Ser- 
geant on the ]\Iuster and Pay Roll of Captain William Barker's Com- 
pany for service in Rhode Island, 1781. See Record Index to the Rev- 
olutionary War Archives, in the office of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. 

ROSECRANS J. BOSWORTH. Born in Winchester, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Winchester, Indiana. State No. 152; National No. 10127. Son 
of Richard and Sarah Ann (Hale) Bosworth grandson of Jacob and 
Nancy (Westlake) Bosworlh ; great-grandson of Richard Bosworth, 
who was a Corporal in Captain John Bradford's Company, Colonel 
Theophlus Cotton's Regiment, Massachusetts, 1775; also as Sergeant 
in Captain Jesse Sturtevant's Company, Colonel John Jacob's Regi- 
ment, July 31 to October 29, 1780. See Rolls for the State of Massa- 
chusetts for the Revolutionary War. 

LEWIS JAMES BRAWLEY. Born in Darke County, Ohio. Residence, 
Huntington, Indiana. State No. 203; National No. 13653. Son of 
Thomas E. and Nancy (Mitchell) Brawley; grandson of Elijah A. 
Mitchell, who enlisted at Mecklinburg, North Carolina, April 8, 1779, 
and served for three months under Captain James Bass and Colonel 
McDowell; he also served as messenger under Captain Ezra Alexan- 
der and Captain McKee; he was granted a pension for his services. 
See records of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, 
O. W. & N. Division, T. R. W. 2838. 

HENRY MARTYN BRONSON. Born in Gambier, Ohio. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 301 ; National No. 18126. Son of 
Reverend Sherlock Anson Bronson, D. D., L. L. D., and Mary A. 
(Putnam) Bronson; grandson of Bela Bronson and Sally Twitchell 
Bronson ; great-grandson of Seba Bronson. Scba Bronson furnished 
supplies to Continental Aarmy, for which he was paid by land war- 
ranty in Ohio Western Reserve (see History Waterbury, Connecticut, 
Volume I, pages 452, 461, 487, 580, 590, 687, 688, 695) ; grandson of 
Isaac Putnam; great-grandson of Captain Daniel Putnam. Daniel 
Putnam was Captain in Colonel Jonathan Chase's Regiment, New 
Hampshire Militia. See New Hampshire State Papers, Volume 16, 
page 431, Volume 15, page 436; Miscellaneous Records, Volume 6, 
page 269. Also private and armorer in Captain John House's Com- 
pany, Colonel Joseph Cilley's Regiment, Continental Army. 

STANLEY CURTIS BROOKS. Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Residence. 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 335 ; National No. . Son of Ar- 
thur Stanley and Florence Helen (Bennett) Brooks; grandson of 
Samuel Curtis and Emily Maria (Clark) Brooks; great-grandson of 



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Samuel and Sophia (Johnson) Brooks; great-great-grandson of James 
Brooks; private in Captain Mills' Company, Colonel Charles Webb's 
Connecticut Regiment, 1777; transferred 1778 to Washington's Life 
Guards, commanded by Major Caleb Gibbs; pensioner. History and 
Roster of Commander-in-Chief Guard; Connecticut in Revolution, 
pages 160, 228, 2Q9, 632. 

♦WILLIAM H. BROOKS. Born in Bethel, Vermont. Died October 13, 
1894. State No. 72 ; National No. 1672. Son of Reuben Brooks, who 
enlisted as a private in September, 1778, and served in the companies 
of Captains Bradley, Bunnell, Woodford, Tuttle, and Wadsworth, in 
all for two years and ten months ; enlisted at Bristol, Connecticut, and 
was granted a pension; grandson of Edward Brooks, who appears 
with the rank of private in Captain Reuben Read's Company, 
Colonel Jonathan Warner's Regiment, which marched on the Lexing- 
ton Alarm, April 19, 1775, from Weston to Roxbury; also as Lieuten- 
ant in Captain Convers's Company, Colonel Ebenezer Learned's Reg- 
iment at Roxbury Camp, January 18, 1776. See certificate of the 
Commissioner of Pensions under date of February 17, 1894. 

*MACY A BROUSE. Born in Kokomo, Indiana. Died October 2, 1906. 
State No. 200; National No. 11725. Son of Henry A. and Elizabeth 
(Leopold) Brouse; grandson of John and Mary (Adams) Brouse; 
great-grandson of Michael Brouse, private, Pennsylvania Militia, 
serving under Colonel Grubb in Captain Morgan's Company and later 
under Captain Custard and Captain Slater, for which service he was 
granted a pension at the age of seventy-eight. See records of Depart- 
ment of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C. 

GUY W. BROWN, United States Navy. Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. 
Residence, New Orleans, Louisiana. State No. 138; National No. 
1738. Son of Levant R. and Lucy Augusta (Warner) Brown; grand- 
son of Cyrus and Milla (Lawrence) Brown; great-grandson of Ben- 
jamin and Rebecca (Woods) Lawrence; great-great-grandson of 
Benjamin Lawrence, serving as Sergeant in Captain Josiah Sartell's 
Company, which marched on the Lexington Alarm from Groton to 
Cambridge; also served as First Lieutenant in Colonel Dike's Regi- 
ment, December i, 1776, to March i, 1777, and also as Lieutenant in 
Colonel Jonathan Read's Regiment under General Gates, September 
27 > '^777, to November 9, 1777, and again as Lieutenant in Colonel 
Wade's Regiment, March 14, 1778, until January i, 1779; also private 
in Captain Waite's Company, Beddel's N. H. T. See Revolutionary 
War Archives of Massachusetts, Volume 13, page 89; Volume 26, 
page 428; Volume 20, page 188, and Volume i, page 63. 

*SENECA BUEL BROWN. Born in Marlboro, Vermont. Died January 
6, 1897. State No. 54; National No. 1654. Son of John and Phebe 
(Dean) Brown; grandson of Archelaus Dean, who enlisted as a private 




WILLIA^I H. BROOKS, M. D. 

Born 1813, Died 1894 

Son of Reuben Brooks 

of Connecticut Revolutionary Troops 



KccorD of Hebolutionar^ ^mt&totsi G3 

August I, 1778, in Captain Barney's Company, and again, June, 1781, 
in Captain Riley's Company, both under Colonel Whitney; for his 
services he was granted a pension in 1833. See Certificate of the 
Commissioner of Pensions at Washington, District of Columbia, un- 
der date of March 10, 1893. 

WILLIAM JOHN BROWN. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis. State No. 109; National No. 1709. Son of 
Austin H. and Margaret (Russell) Brown; grandson of William 
John and Susan (Tomkins) Brown; great-grandson of George 
Brown, who served as a Sergeant in Captain Jacob Valentine's Com- 
pany, First Virginia State Regiment, commanded by Colonel George 
Gibson; enlisted March i, 1777, and was in command of his troops 
at the surrender of Cornwallis, and from 17S0 to 1790 continued in the 
service in the wars against the Indians, and for his services against 
the British received a land warrant which he located on Cabin Creek, 
Mason County, Kentucky, about ten miles from Maysville ; great- 
grandson of John John, enlisted from Pennsylvania among the first 
troops, and in the winter of 1776-7 joined General Washington in 
Boston ; he was with Washington at the surrender of Cornwallis, and 
was mustered out in 1782. Reference is made for the above facts to 
the army returns of the Continental Forces, which are in the Depart- 
ment of State, Washington, District of Columbia ; also to family tradi- 
tion and family Bible. 

EDWIN D. BRYANT. Born in Mount Vernon, Ohio. Residence, 
French Lick, Indiana. State No. 8; National No. 1608. Son of Gil- 
man and Elizabeth (Thrift) Bryant; grandson of David Bryant, who 
enlisted as a private in the Sixth Company, First Regiment, com- 
manded by Joseph Cilley; in 1780 he appears as Lieutenant, and re- 
ceived a bounty of fifteen pounds from the town of Wear, New 
Hampshire, for three years' services from January i, 1777 (see cer- 
tificate of Adjutant-General of New Hampshire) ; also the grandson 
of Jeremiah Gilntan, Lieutenant-Colonel of First New Hampshire 
Regiment; also Lieutenant-Colonel of same regiment. 

ALBERT EUGENE BULSON, JR. Born in Chicago, Illinois. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 80; National No. 1680. Son 
of Albert Eugene and Sarah (Abbot) Bulson ; grandson of Gilbert W. 
and Mary E. Abbot ; great-grandson of Nehemiah Abbott ; great- 
great-grandson of Abicl Abbott, who, in pursuance of appointments 
and orders from the New Hampshire Committee of Safety, mustered 
and acted as paymaster for seven cotnpanies of New Hampshire 
troops; also served in the capacity of Major in Colonel Moses Nich- 
ol's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, which marched by orders 
to reinforce the garrison at Ticonderoga, June 29, 1777. See New 
Hampshire Revolutionary Rolls. 



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JOSEPH ALDRICH BURSLEY. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana ; Resi- 
dence, Ann Arbor, Michigan. State No. 217; National No. 13667. Son 
of Gilbert Everette Bursley and Ellen Rebecca (Aldrich) Bursley; 
grandson of Elisha Matthewson Aldrich and Rebecca Phetteplace Ev- 
ans Aldrich ; great-grandson of Richard Aldrich and Hannah Aldrich ; 
great-great-grandson of Noah Aldrich, private, Rhode Island troops, 
as shovi^n below. 

PHILIP EVERETTE BURSLEY. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 218; National No. 13668. 
Son of Gilbert Everette Bursley and Ellen Rebecca (Aldrich) Bursley; 
grandson of Elisha Matthewson Aldrich and Rebecca Phetteplace Ev- 
ans Aldrich ; great-grandson of Richard Aldrich and Hannah Aldrich ; 
great-great-grandson of Noah Aldrich, private, Rhode Island troops, 
who enlisted in 1777 and served one month or more in each succeed- 
ing year until 1781 ; his widow was granted a pension in March of 
1838. See records of Pension Office, Washington, District of Co- 
lumbia. 

ALGERNON SIDNEY BUTTERFIELD, JR. Bom in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Residence, Evansville, Indiana. State No. 130; National No. 1730. 
Son of Algernon Sidney and Ann Marie ( Veatch) Butterfield ; grand- 
son of John and Betsy (Emerson) Butterfield; great grandson of 
Samuel Butterfield, Sergeant in Captain Thatcher's Company, Colonel 
Gardner's Regiment ; also Second Lieutenant in Captain Walton's 
Company, Colonel Brooks' Regiment. See Massachusetts Record — 
Various Services, Volume 24, page 144 and Volume 55, page R 4; 
also Massachusetts Muster and Pay Roll, Volume 55, page 29, file 
K, Volume 24, page 3 ; Lexington Alarms, Volume 13, page 143. 

JAMES LINDSEY CALDWELL. Born in Boone County, Indiana. Res- 
idence, Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 267; National No. 161 17. Son 
of James Harvey Caldwell and Ellen Tiberghein Caldwell ; grandson 
of Alexander Caldwell, Jr., and Hannah B. Sample Caldwell; great- 
grandson of Alexander Caldzvell, private in Lieutenant William Nes- 
bit's Company "Rangers on the Frontier 1778-1783." (See Pennsylvania 
Archives, Third Series, Volume 23, page 329) ; also the great-grand- 
son of Jacob West fall, who entered the service June 20, 1781 ; he was 
First Lieutenant of Captain George Jackson's Company, Colonel Zach- 
ariah Morgan's Regiment of Virginia troops and served in General 
George Rogers Clarke's expedition against the Indian towns; in 
September of 1833 he applied for a pension, which was granted in 
November of 1838. Virginia State Library, Volume 2, page 401, also 
Pension Department, Washington, District of Columbia. 

GEORGE B. CARDWILL. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 25; National No. 1625. Son of John H. 
and Caroline B. (Montgomery) Cardwill; grandson of William and 



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Ruth (Sweezy) Montgomery; great-grandson of Joseph Szceccy, a 
private soldier in Captain Andrew White's Company of Colonel Wes- 
senfel's Regiment of Levies, raised for the defense of New York in 
November, 1781; great-great-grandson of Thomas Train, who served 
in a Regiment from Berkshire, Massachusetts, under Colonel Symonds, 
Captain St. John Keldrum, which marched to Vermont; great-grand- 
son of Isaac Train, a soldier under Captain Zebulon Sabin and Cap- 
tain Parker, Colonel Seth Warner's Regiment ; also later with Cap- 
tain White, Colonel Sammon's Regiment ; was with Captain Parker 
at the battle of Bennington, August 16, 1777, and was again in Colonel 
Rufus Putnam's and Colonel Rose's Regiments ; he was a pensioner ; 
also great-grandson of William Cardzuill, Mintville, Connecticut, who 
served in Captain Waterman's Company, Twentieth Regiment, com- 
manded by Colonel Samuel Abbott, New London, Connecticut, in 
1779; also the great-great-grardson of Joseph Cummings, who was 
a Corporal in Captain Dexter's Company at Lexington ; he was also 
at Bunker Hill, and, in 1777 marched with the forces against Bur- 
goyne. 

ROBERT HANNA CARNAHAN. Bom in Lafayette, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 91 ; National No. 1691. Son 
of William Lane and Clara Louise (Hanna) Carnahan; grandson of 
James Bayless and Mary King (Fairfield) Hanna; great-grandson of 
Oliver and Sarah Alden (Hayes) Fairfield; great-great-grandson of 
JVilliam Fairfield, private soldier, who enlisted July 17, 1775, and is 
shown on muster and pay-roll of Captain Benjamin Hoover's Com- 
pany, stationed at Biddeford; discharged December 31, 1775; again 
shown on muster and pay-roll of Captain Daniel Merrill's Company, 
Colonel Samuel Brewer's Regiment, enlisted February i, 1777; dis- 
charged March 17, 1777; marched to Bennington; appears again with 
rank of private of Captain Hitchcock's Company, Colonel Sproul's 
Regiment, Continental Army, February i, 1777, to December 31, 1779. 
See Record Index to the Revolutionary War Archives in the ofiice of 
the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, Massa- 
chusetts. 

RICHARD CARPENTER. Born in Oberlin, Ohio. Residence, Lafayette, 
Indiana. State No. 126; National No. 1726. Son of Franklin and 
Helen M. (Roberts) Carpenter; grandson of James and Margaret O. 
(Moore) Roberts; great-grandson of William and Lydia (Case) 
Moore; great-great-grandson of Elisha Moore, who served as Quar- 
termaster in Colonel Enos's Regiment, Connecticut troops, Conti- 
nental Army; he was drafted and served in New York and Westches- 
ter in August and September, 1776, and was made Quartermaster in 
1777. See Military Record in the office of Adjutant-General of Con- 
necticut, and Stiles's History of Windsor, Volume i, page 364. 



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CASSIUS MORTON CARTER. Born in Livonia, Indiana. Residence,' 
Muncie, Indiana. State No. loo; National No. 1700. Son of San- 
ford and Lorinda (Wright) Carter; grandson of Levi and Sarah 
Elizabeth Wright; great-grandson of William Wright, who enlisted 
three times in the Revolutionary Army, with the following terms of 
service : 1780, three months. Captain Ja.nes Robinson's Company, 
North Carolina Troops; 1781, three months, Captain John Raines's 
Company; 1781, three months. Captain William Gray, Colonel Thomas 
Dugan, North Carolina Troops ; was engaged at the battle of Island 
Ford. See Records Pension Department, Washington, District of 
Columbia. 

IRA A. CHAPMAN. Born near Waldron, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 323; National No. 18148. Son of Marcus 
Chapman and Almyra Thompson Chapman; grandson of Josiah and 
Isabella Hitchcock Chapman; great-grandson of James Chapman, a 
private, who enlisted in the militia of the State of Virginia and served 
two years at and near Old Williamsburg; later he was stationed at 
Petersburg, Virginia ; after leaving Petersburg he marched to Camden, 
South Carolina, under Captain Cradick and Major Boice and served 
under the command of General Stephenson until the arrival of General 
Gates from the north; he participated in ihe battle of Camden and 
after the retreat from that place and the expiration of three months' 
service he was discharged at Moon Creek in 1780; in the autumn of 
1780 he again enlisted in Virginia Militia for a period of nine months 
and marched to the relief of the City of Richmond, but found it evac- 
uated by the British and on fire; in 1781 he again enlisted for a period 
of nine months, serving in the vicinity of Prince George Church, near 
Petersburg, Virginia. See applications and affidavits of James Chap- 
man and others. File 1871 Rejected Claims, Pensions Department, 
Washington, District of Columbia. 

FRANK SYLVESTER CLARK. Born in Middletown, Connecticut. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 334; National No. 19409. 
Son of Benjamin Frank Clark and Fanny J. Dean Clark; grandson 
of Sylvester Clark and Lydia Ann Thomas Clark ; great-grandson of 
James Clark and Sarah (Miller) Clark; great-great-grandson of 
Jonathan Miller, who enlisted January 10, 1778, for the term of the 
war in Colonel Samuel Wyllys' Regiment, Captain John Barnard's 
Company. Service and rank not detailed. Drew pension No. 924, 
Michigan Agency, Act of 1828. Page 176, Record of Connecticut Men, 
War of Revolution, War of 1812 and War with Mexico. 

WELLINGTON A. CLARK. Born in Naples, New York. Residence, 
Crown Point, Indiana. State No. 56 ; National No. 1656. Son of Ben- 
jamin Clark, who served through the eight years of the Revolutionary 
War; he is first shown as private, Lieutenant Moses Adams's Com- 
pany, Colonel John Smith's Regiment; marched on alarm, April 19, 




WELLINGTON ALEXANDER CLARK 

Crown Point, Indiana 

Son of Benjamin Clark 

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1775. from Medway, Massachusetts; he appears upon nearly a dozen 
other occasions for various services, and as Sergeant on muster and 
pay-roll of Captain Amos Ellis's Company, Colonel Dean's Fourth 
Suffolk County Regiment, for service, Rhode Island; enlisted March 3, 
1781 ; discharged March 17, 1781. See Records of Revolutionary War 
Service in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massa- 
chusetts. 

*LEONIDAS W. CLAYTON. Born in Washington County, Maryland. 
Died October 15, 1903. State No. 194; National No. 11719. Son of 
Joseph and Louisa Clayton; grandson of Henry Clayton, enlisted, 
1776; exchanged, 1780. Was First Lieutenant of Swope's Flying 
Camp, Pennsylvania Line ; he participated in the battle of Long Island, 
at which time he was captured and detained as prisoner for nearly 
two years, being finally exchanged for a British Lieutenant ; his widow 
was granted a pension. See records of Pension Office, Washington, 
District of Columbia; also year book 1891, S. A. R., District of Co- 
lumbia, page 96. 

FREDERICK WILLIAM BACKUS COLEMAN. Born in Detroit, Michi- 
gan. Residence, 5 Wells, Oxford street, London, W., England. State No. 
263 ; National No. 161 13. Son of Silas Bunker Coleman and Rebecca Fitz- 
hugh Backus Coleman ; grandson of Frederick William Backus and 
Emily L. Montgomery Backus ; great-grandson of Harvey Montgom- 
ery and Mary Eleanor (Rochester) Montgomery; great-great-grandson 
of Nathaniel Rochester, Paymaster, 1775, N. C, rank of Major; Deputy 
Commissary General, 1776; rank of Colonel, 1777. See Forces' Amer- 
ican Archives, Volume 10, page 301 ; Early History of the Rochester 
Family in America from 1640 to 1882, published by Matthews, North- 
rup & Co., Buffalo, New York. 

RALPH ALBIN COLTHARP. Born in Reelsville, Indiana. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 293; National No. 17268. Son of 
John H. Coltharp and Rosalia (Smith) Coltharp; grandson of Marion 
Smith and Martha (Knetzer) Smith; great-grandson of Charles 
Knetzer and Katherine (Gell) Knetzer; great-great-grandson of James 
Cell and Elizabeth (Moss) (^11; great-great-great-grandson of Zealy 
Moss, Captain of the Commissary Department and Wagon Master; 
enlisted Loudoun County, Virginia, 1777; reienlisted 1780; engaged 
in the battle of Yorktown and witnessed the surrender of Lord 
Cornwallis. See Government Records, Washington, District of Co- 
lumbia; Mrs. Lydia Moss Bradley, D. A. R., No. 40268, Peoria, Illi- 
nois; Mrs. Statira Day, D. A. R., No. 51850, Parsons, Kansas. 

WILLIAM MURDOCK CROCKETT. Born in Logansport, Indiana. 
Residence, Sheridan, Indiana. State No. 254; National No. 16104. 
Son of Franklin Smith and Sarah (Murdock) Crockett; grandson of 
William Thompson and Sarah (Hoover) Murdock; great-grandson 



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of John and Rebecca (Little) Murdock; great-great-grandson of Wil- 
liam Thompson Murdock, who enlisted in January, 1777, as a private 
in Captain Polhemus' Company, First Battalion, Second Est., New 
Jersey Continental Line, and promoted tO' Sergeant in September of 
same year; in battles of Brandywine, White Horse Tavern, German- 
town, Crosswick Bridge and Monmouth ; afterwards private under 
General William Maxwell, Major John Sullivan's Division, Conti- 
nental Army, in several battles; in September, 1780, transferred to the 
First Regiment, New Jersey Continental Line ; discharged February 
20, 1781. See records of the Adjutant-General's Office, State of New 
Jersey. 

CLARENCE W. CROMWELL. Bom in Fairmount, West Virginia. Resi- 
dence, Jackson, Mississippi. State No. 166; National No. 10141. Son 
of Joseph W. and Caroline Cromwell ; grandson of Joseph and Han- 
nah (Ely) Cromwell; great-grandson of Andrew Ely, private, Con- 
necticut Line; participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and, after- 
wards, was in the Hospital Corps; he was allowed a pension for his 
services. 

CHARLES W. CULBERTSON. Bom in Madison, Indiana. Residence, 
Shelbyville, Indiana. State No. 73; National No. 1673. Son of Sam- 
uel and Eliza J. Culbertson; grandson of Charles McClay and Mariah 
Culbertson; great-grandson of Samuel Culbertson, who, on Decem- 
ber 8, 1776, was a Captain in Colonel Joseph Armstrong's Battalion 
(Fifth) of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Associaters, July 31, 
1777 was commissioned Colonel in Sixth Battalion; May 10, 1780, was 
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fourth Battalion. Great-great-grandson of 
John McClay, who was a member of the first conference at Carpenter's 
Hall, at Philadelphia, in June, 1776. See "Genealogy of the Culbert- 
son Family," by Dr. L. R. Culbertson, Zanesville, Ohio, and Archives 
of Pennsylvania. 

JOHN JAY CURTIS. Residence, New York City, New York. State No. 
35 ; National No. 1635. Son of Hiram K. and Harriet Elizabeth Curtis ; 
grandson of David Curtis; great-grandson of Charles Curtis, private 
in New York Artillery Artificers. 

*WILLIAM D. DANIELS. Born in Marietta, Ohio. Died August 2, 
1905. State No. 147; National No. 1747. Son of Stephen and Sophia 
(Warren) Daniels; grandson of William and Hannah (Dickinson) 
Warren ; great-grandson of Ephraim Warren, who was plowing in the 
field when the Lexington alarm was given, enlisting at once in Has- 
kell's Company, Colonel James Prescott's Regiment, which marched 
April 19, 177s, from Shirley, Mass. He reported for duty at every 
call, serving from then until his death, April 7, 1783. See Record 
Index to Revolutionary War Archives of Massachusetts, Volume 12, 
page 129; Volume 15, page 70; Volume 56, page 65; Volume 57, File 



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7; Volume 55, page N 30; Volume 63, page 13; Volume 48, page 321; 
Volume 69, page "]"]; Volume 68, page 211; Volume 41, page 125; 
Volume 74, page 117, 62 and "^T, Volume 51, Files 11 and 18. 

BYRON DAWSON. Born in Johnson County, Indiana. Residence, South- 
port, Indiana. State No. 236; National No. 14811. Son of John W. 
Dawson and Martha Ann Johnson Dawson ; grandson of Daniel Daw- 
son and Keziah Tanner Dawson; great-grandson of Josiah Tanner, 
who served in Captain McBee's Regiment, Colonel Roebuck's South 
Carolina Regiment, 1780, as private and Lieutenant; also served 
in Colonel William's Regiment, and was wounded at Kings' Mountain. 
He received a pension. See United States Pension Office Records — 
Widows' Pensions, J. R. W. No. 9503, O. W. and N. Division. 

CHARLES FRE.AIONT DAWSON. Born in Marion County, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 287 ; National No. 17262. 
Son of John W. Dawson and Catherine L. (Pierce) Dawson; grandson 
of Daniel Dawson and Keziah (Tanner) Dawson; great-grandson of 
Josiali Tanner, Lieutenant of Horse in battles of King's Mountain 
and Cowpens, as shown above. See Genealogies of the Tracy-Tanner 
Families. Matthew P. Tracy, Whiteland, Indiana. 

MARK ALBERT DAWSON. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 288; National No. 17263. Son of 
Charles F.Dawson and Lillian P. (Condo) Dawson; grandson of John 
W. Dawson and Catherine L. (Pierce) Dawson; great-grandson of 
Daniel Dawson and Keziah (Tanner) Dawson; great-great-grandson 
of Josiah Tanner, Lieutenant of Horse in battles of King's Mountain 
and Cowpens, as shown above. 

THOMAS BECKLEY DEEM. Born in Henry County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Knightstown, Indiana. State No. 290; National No. 17265. Son 
of Thomas Deem and Phebe (Hutzler) Deem; grandson of John 
Adam Deem and Mary (Beckley) Deem; great-grandson of John 
Christopher Deem, private in Captain Conrad Geist's Company, Penn- 
sylvania troops, and in Captain John Diehl's Company, Pennsylvania 
troops. See Pennsylvania Archives. 

AUSTIN FLINT DENNY. Born in Marion County, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 172; National No. 10147. Son of 
Theodore Vernon and Elizabeth (McLaughlin) Denny; grandson of 
Joseph and Phebe (Henshaw) Denny; great-grandson of Samuel 
Denny, Representative in General Court, Massachusetts, 1778; mem- 
ber of convention which ratified United States Constitution, 1788; 
Colonel First Worcester County, Massachusetts, Regiment; great- 
grandson of William Henshaw, Colonel Twelfth Massachusetts Con- 
tinentals. In a county convention held in Worcester, William Hen- 
shaw was the first to propose the formation of companies of min- 



70 ^ons; of tlie American Ketjolutton 

ute men, and was later made colonel of a regiment of minute men 
raised in Worcester County, which marched to Cambridge on April 
19. 1775- In April, 1776, at the personal solicitation of General Wash- 
ington, he accepted the office of Lieutenant-Colonel of Colonel Little's 
Regiment of Continental Troops. He was actively engaged in the 
operation on Long Island, at the Battle of White Plains and the at- 
tack on Princeton, retiring from the army in February of 1777. See 
Historical Sketches of the Town of Leicester, Massachusetts, during 
the First Century from its Settlement, by Emory Washburn, Boston. 
Also sketch of Joshua Henshaw and others of his family in New Eng- 
land Historical and Genealogical Register, April, 1868, Volume XXH, 
No. II, and Genealogy of the Denny Family. 

NEWLAND T. DE PAUW. Born in New Albany, Indiana. Residence, 
New Albany, Indiana. State No. 12; National No. 1612. Son of 
Washington Charles and Kate (Newland) DePauw ; grandson of 
John and Elizabeth (Battist) DePauw; great-grandson of Charles 
DcPauiv, who was wounded at the siege of Yorktown, from which 
wound he eventually died. See tombstone inscription, Salem, Indiana. 

MARION ELMER DINWIDDIE. Born in Lake County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Crown Point, Indiana. State No. 321 ; National No. 18146. Son 
of Oscar and Mary Joanna Dinwiddle; grandson of John W. and 
Mary Janette (Perkins) Dinwiddie; great-grandson of Joseph and 
Elizabeth (Betsey) (Cook) Perkins; great-great-grandson of Elijah 
Cook, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, whose record is given be- 
low. [See Oscar Dinwiddie.] 

OSCAR DINWIDDIE. Born in Will County, Illinois. Residence, Lowell, 
Indiana. State No. 221 ; National No. 13671. Son of John Wilson Din- 
widdie and Mary Janette (Perkins) Dinwiddie; grandson of Joseph 
Perkins and Elizabeth (Cook) Perkins; great-grandson of Elijah Cook, 
private, who enlisted in January, 1777, at Preston, Connecticut. Was 
at Valley Forge and the battle of Monmouth and Stony Point. At the 
close of the war he held the rank of Sergeant. He was a pensioner. 
Records of O. W. and N. Division, Bureau of Pensions, Department 
of Interior; Letters of Mrs. S. H. White, of Rome, New York — who 
is a granddaughter of Elijah Cook — and the Family Records of Eliza- 
beth Cook Perkins, of Rome, New York, furnish the above memo- 
randa. See tombstone inscription. Homer, Michigan. 

GEORGE O. DIX. Born in Vigo County, Indiana. Residence, Terre Haute, 
Indiana. State No. 294; National No. 17269. Son of Benajah and Nancy 
E. Harness Dix; grandson of Job Dix and Sarah (Thomas) Dix; 
great-grandson of Elijah Thomas and Sarah (Pound) Thomas; 
great-great-grandson of William Thomas, a soldier in the Revolu- 
tionary War, Virginia troops. Exempted from Vigo County taxes in 
1826 for Revolutionary service. 



HecorD of Hctjolutionar^ 9intt&tots 71 

*SAMUEL H. DOYAL. Born in Lewis County, Kentucky. Died January 
i8, 1897. State No. 83; National No. 1683. Son of John W. and Matilda 
Doyal ; grandson of John Doyal, who was a private soldier under 
Colonel George Rogers Clark in his Western campaign, and came 
down the Ohio river with Clark and through the Illinois campaign 
to Kaskaskia. He was also with Clark at the capture of Fort Vin- 
cennes. The following memoranda is found in "The Virginia Maga- 
zine," Volume 2, Richmond, October, 1893, published by the Virginia 
Historical Society, on page 135 : "A list of non-commissioned officers 
and soldiers of the 'Illinois Regiment and the Western Army under 
command of General George Rogers Clark' — John Doyle, Private." 

*JOHN DUNNING. Born in Pownal, Vermont. Died May 16, 1893. State 
No. 42 ; National No. 1642. Son of JosiaJi Dunning, who, some time 
in April, 1775, joined a volunteer company at Pownal, Vermont, where 
he then resided, and joined the forces under Colonel Benedict Arnold 
against Ticonderoga and Crown Point, after capture of which he re- 
mained in service until following September, when his company was 
dismissed. During 1776, he served for about two months as one of the 
guards to the military stores at Sunderland, Vermont. In July, 1777, 
he became orderly sergeant of company commanded by Captain Eli 
Nobles, and participated in the campaign which ended in the defeat 
of the British at the Battle of Bennington, and was also present at 
the surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga. He was granted a 
pension. See Records in Pension Office, Washington, District of Co- 
lumbia. 

STUART EAGLESON. Born in Fredericktown, Ohio. Residence, Co- 
lumbus, Ohio. State No. 315; National No. 18140. Son of William 
Stewart Eagleson and Clarrisa (Pentacost) Eagleson; grandson of 
George W. Pentacost and Harriet (Stewart) Pentacost; great-grand- 
son of Galbraith Stewart and Elizabeth (Scott) Stewart; great-great- 
grandson of JVilliam Stcu'arf, who was First Lieutenant and Adju- 
tant in Colonel Hazen's Regiment, called "Congress' Own," 1777. 
See "Pennsylvania in the Revolution," Volume II, page 100. Un- 
der an act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, March 12, 
1783, William Stewart was granted Donation Lot 595 in the Third 
Donation District, for his services. See Record of the Department of 
Internal Affairs, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Papers for National 
Society, D. A. R., made out for Mrs. William J. Keep (Frances Hen- 
derson Keep), of Detroit, Michigan. 

JACOB DRENNAN EARLY. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Residence, 
Stamford, Connecticut. State No. 104; National No. 1704. Son of 
Samuel Stockwell and A. Louisa (Andrews) Early; grandson of Tim- 
othy P. and Emily Roseville (Snowden) Andrews; great-grandson of 
Richard and Elizabeth (Warfield) Snowden; great-great-grandson of 
Charles Alexander Warfield, Major, Elk Ridge Maryland Battalion. 



72 g)onsi of t\)t amencan Meijolution 

Also appointed and acted as a member of various patriotic committees 
in and around Baltimore. See "Biographical History of Eminent and 
any history of Maryland. Scharfs Chronicles of Baltimore and 
Scharfs History of Maryland. 

STEPHEN STEWART EASTHAM. Born in Vincennes, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Vincennes, Indiana. State No. 103; National No. 1703. Son of 
Thomas and Jane (Burnet) Eastham; grandson of Stephen and Lor- 
mera Burnet; great-grandson of Serenus and Lydia Jane (Burnside) 
Burnet; great-great-grandson of Edmund Burnet, who was a minute- 
man and a private in the New Jersey Militia, serving five months, 
from June, 1776, under Colonel Martin, and eight months, from De- 
cember, 1776, under Colonel Ford. Was engaged in the battles of 
Long Island and White Plains. Was granted a pension, under appli- 
cation dated May 23, 1833. See letter of Commissioner of Pensions 
to Charles B. Judah and certificate of Adjutant-General of New 
Jersey. 

HORACE J. EDDY. Born in Delphi, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, 
Indiana. State No. 105; National No. 1705. Son of John R. and S. J. 
Eddy; grandson of Augustus and Martha Eddy; great-grandson of 
Elikim Eddy, private in Captain Levi Brown's Company, Colonel Asa 
Barns' (Berkshire County) Regiment. Enlisted October 30, 1781 ; 
discharged November 7, 1781. Marched on alarm to join General 
Stark at Saratoga. See "The Eddy Family," a genealogy published 
in Boston, Massachusetts, 1881, page iii; Massachusetts Soldiers and 
Sailors in the Revolution, Volume 5, page 196. 

ASHLEY J. ELLIOTT. Born in Evansville, Indiana. Residence, Peoria, 
Illinois. State No. 44; National No. 1644. Son of J. Perry and 
Frances (Dwinnell) Elliott; grandson of Solomon Ashley and Lidia 
H. Dwinnell; great-great-grandson of Solomon Dwinnell, who en- 
listed December 10, 1775, at Rosebury, Massachusetts, as a private, 
being discharged and re-enlisting several times, and serving in many 
battles until the end of the war. The above facts are taken from a 
diary kept by Solomon Dwinnell during the Revolutionary War. 

THOMAS SLOAN ELROD. Bom in Hartsville, Indiana. Residence, 
Columbus, Indiana. State No. 266; National No. 161 16. Son of 
Moses Newton EIrod and Fannie (Barker) Elrod; grandson of 
Thomas Elrod and Elizabeth J. (Mathers) Elrod; great-grandson of 
Moses Mathers and Catherine (Donnell) Mathers; great-great-grand- 
son of Thomas Donnell, frontier ranger in Westmoreland County, 
Pennsylvania. See Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, by William 
Henry Egle, Volume 23, p. 283. Also Historical and Biographical 
Atlas of Decatur County, Indiana, 1882. 



KecorD of Krt3olutionar^ 2imtstovs 73 

WILLIAAI E. ENGLISH. Born in "Englishton Park," Scott County, 
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. i8; National 
No. 1618. Son of William H. and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) Eng- 
lish; grandson of Elisha G. and Mahala (Eastin) English; great- 
grandson of Philip Eastin, Lieutenant in Fourth Virginia Regiment 
during the entire war; great-great-grandson of Charles Smith, an 
officer under Washington, as shown below. 

*WILLIAM HAYDEN ENGLISH. Died February 7, 1896. State No. 
i; National No. 1601. Son of Elisha G. and Mahala (Eastin) Eng- 
lish; grandson of Phillip Eastin, who was a Lieutenant in the Fourth 
Virginia Regiment, Continental Army. Great-grandson of Charles 
Smith, who was an officer under Washington in Braddock's War, 
and lost his left hand at the battle of Big Meadow or Braddock's 
defeat. 

LOUIS B. EWBANK. Born in Dearborn County, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 296; National No. 17271. Son of 
John William Ewbank and Betsey (Blasdel) Ewbank; grandson of 
Jonathan Blasdel and Nancy Blasdel; great-grandson of Jacob Blas- 
del, Lieutenant New Hampshire troops in Captain Phillip Tilton's 
Company, of Colonel Enoch Poors' Regiment, in Captain David Quin- 
by's Company, of Colonel Wingate's Roll of Men raised for Canada, 
and Captain Page's Company, respectiveljf, in turn. Member of the 
House of Representatives of New Hampshire in 1791-2. See New 
Hampshire Revolutionary War Rolls ; Records of Committee of Safety, 
New Hampshire; Journal of the House of Representatives of New 
Hampshire; certificate from the office of the Secretary of State. 

*CHARLES J. EYANSON. Born in Versailles, Indiana. Died January 
4, 1903. State No. 235; National No. 14810. Son of Thomas Eyan- 
son and Mary M. Closkey; grandson of John Eyanson, private, who 
enlisted at the breaking out of the war in the Third Battalion, Conti- 
nental Line, New Jersey, which afterward sailed in ships to Albany, 
remaining there until March 7, 1777, and on March 23, 1777, was dis- 
charged at Morristown. After his discharge from the Continental 
service he enlisted in Captain William Price's Pennsylvania Militia. 
He served at the battle of Brandywine, and was under arms for thir- 
teen hours in the famous "Apple Orchard." Throughout the re- 
mainder of the war he served near Philadelphia. See records of the 
American Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Volume I, 
pages 255, 269, 283 and 290. General Stryker's "Jerseymen in the 
Revolution." (Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 14, Second Series, 
page 80), Records of the Adjutant-General's Office, Trenton, State 
of New Jersey. 

CLARK FAIRBANK. Born in Antrim, New Hampshire. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 65; National No. 1665. Son of 



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Woodbury and Miriam (Wilcox) Fairbank; grandson of Zacchcus 
Fairbank, who served as minute-man under Captain Gleason at Con- 
cord and Cambridge in response to the Lexington alarm; also as pri- 
vate in Captain Gardner's Company, raised at Sherburne, Massachu- 
setts, under call of September lo, 1776, and was in service on the 
North river until November 19, 1776. See certificate of Secretary of 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, under date of November 6, 1893, 
also certificate of Town Clerk of Framingham, Massachusetts, under 
date of October 28, 1893. 

DAVID DE MAY FARNSWORTH. Born in Sycamore, Illinois. Resi- 
dence, Michigan City, Indiana. State No. 160; National No. 10135. 
Son of David Famsworth and Hannah (Brown) Farnsworth; grand- 
son of David Farnsworth and Sophia Howe Farnsworth ; a great- 
grandson of William Farnsworth, a private soldier and Corporal in 
the Continental Army. Enlisted on Lexington Alarm ; private Captain 
Oliver's Company, Colonel Williams' Regiment, 1775 ; private Captain 
Wells' Company, Colonel Brewers' Regiment, 1776; Corporal, Cap- 
tain Oliver's Company, Colonel Greaton's Regiment, 1777-9; private, 
Captain Dinsmore's Company, Fifth New Hampshire Regiment, 1779; 
Corporal, Captain Richards' Company, Colonel Greaton's Regiment, 
1780. See Record Index Revolutionary War Archives, Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts, Volume 13, page 21 ; Volume 24, page 103 ; Volume 
3, part I, page 131; Volume 146, page 527; Volume 3, part 2, page 49, 
and Volume 10, page 135. 

FRANK FELTER. Born in Huntington Coanty, Indiana. Residence, 
Huntington, Indiana. State No. 211; National No. 13661. Son of 
Jacob Comfort and Mary (Sampson) Felter; grandson of John David 
and Susan (Askew) Felter; great-grandson of David and Esther 
(Miller) Felter; great-great-grandson of John Felter, private Ulster 
County, New York, Militia. See "New York in the Revolution," pages 
188 and 259. 

EDGAR S. FERRIS. Born in New Castle, Indiana. Residence, New 
Castle, Indiana. State No. 134; National No. 1734. Son of Samuel 
and Margaret (Lohr) Ferris; grandson of Frederick and Susannah 
(Nichols) Ferris; great-grandson of Samuel Ferris, Sergeant Ninth 
Connecticut Militia, as shown below. 

*SAMUEL FERRIS. Born in Franklin County, Indiana. Died Novem- 
ber 4, 1901. State No. 133; National No. 1733. Son of Frederick and 
Susannah (Nichols) Ferris; grandson of Samuel Ferris, Sergeant in 
Captain George Peck's Company, Ninth Regiment of Connecticut 
Militia, Lieutenant-Colonel John Mead; also serving with Connecticut 
troops in New York in 1776. See "Connecticut Men in the Revolu- 
tion," page 458, and Certificate of Assistant Adjutant-General of Con- 
necticut. 



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DAVID CHAMBERS FISHER. Born in Little Falls, New York. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 64; National No. 1664. Son 
of James Robertson and Henrietta Ogden (Burnett) Fisher; grand- 
son of John and Rose (Chambers) Fisher; great-grandson of David 
Chambers, Colonel Third Hunterdon County, New Jersey, Militia, as 
shown below. 

ROBERTSON JAMES FISHER. Born in Little Falls, New York. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 61 ; National No. 1661. Son 
of James R. and Henrietta (Burnett) Fisher; grandson of John and 
Rose (Chambers) Fisher; great-grandson of David Chambers, who 
served as Colonel of the Third Regiment, Hunterdon County, New 
Jersey, Militia, June 19, 1776; also as Colonel of a battalion of the 
New Jersey State troops, November 27, 1776; was commissioned 
Colonel of the Second Regiment, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, 
Militia, September 9, 1777, and resigned May 28, 1779. See certificate 
of Adjutant-General of New Jersey, under date of November 13, 1893. 

CHARLES B. FITCH. Born in Medina County, Ohio. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 60; National No. 1660. Son of William 
W. and Aurelia (Brintnall) Fitch; grandson of Thomas and Lydia 
(Wright) Brintnall; great-grandson of Thomas Brintnall, who was 
commissioned Second Lieutenant in Second Company of the Middle- 
sex County, Massachusetts, Regiment, January 7, 1779; also as Cap- 
tain of a company in Colonel Cyprian Howe's Regiment for service 
at Rhode Island, August 4, 1780, to November, 1780; enlisted for three 
months to reinforce Continental Army. See Record Index to the 
Revolutionary War Archives, in the custody of the Secretary of the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 28, page 44, and Volume 17, 
page 83. 

SAMUEL M. FOSTER. Born in Coldenham, New York. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 163; National No. 10138. Son of 
John Lyman and Harriet (Scott) Foster; grandson of David and 
Sarah W. Foster; great-grandson of Jesse Foster, who enlisted as 
a. private. May 16, 1775, in Captain Ichabod Doolittle's Company, 
Fifth Regiment; Colonel David Waterburys Regiment, which marched 
to New York; he was discharged in November of 1775, and in April 
of 1776 re-enlisted and was appointed Sergeant, and served till De- 
cember 28, 1776; he again enlisted in October of 1777; he participated 
in the engagement at Brandywine and Monmouth and in the capture 
of St. Johns, Canada ; he was granted a pension for his services. See 
records of Pension Office, Washington, District of Columbia, and of 
Adjutant-General's Office, Hartford, Connecticut; also Connecticut 
]\Ien in the Revolution. 

FRANK BALL FOWLER. Born in Lasalle County, Illinois. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 312; National No. 18137. Son of 



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Leroy Zeno and Lucinda Ball Fowler; grandson of Amos and Achsah 
Raymond Fowler; great-grandson of Mark and Miriam (Sterling) 
Warner Fowler; great-great-grandson of Dijah Fowler, who, in re- 
sponse to the Lexington alarm, marched in April, 1775, to the relief 
of Boston. See "Record of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revo- 
lution," page 15. 

^FREDERICK HOLLEMBEAK FOWLER. Born in Spencer, Indiana. 
Died October 25, 1904. State No. 259; National No. 16109. Son of 
Inman H. Fowler and Lovina H. Fowler; grandson of John Fowler 
and Sarah (Kesler) Fowler; great-grandson of George Kesler and 
Catherine Kesler; great-great-grandson of Jacob Kesler, a private in 
Pennsylvania Militia; pensioned, as shown below. [See Inman H. 
Fowler.] Also grandson of Alfred Ames HoUembeak; great-grand- 
son of Harry Pond; great-great-grandson of William Pond, private, 
taken prisoner at the battle of Long Island. (See Pv.ecords Pension 
Department, Washington, District of Columbia.) Also great-grand- 
son of Rulofif HoUembeak; great-great-grandson of Bamabus Ames 
and Electa (Noble) Ames; great-great-great-grandson of James 
Noble, private in Massachusetts troops; pensioner; also great-great- 
grandson of Bamabus Ames, soldier in Colonel Stores' Regiment, Con- 
necticut troops; also great-great-grandson of Abraham HoUembeak 
and Lovina (Lord) HoUembeak; great-great-great-grandson of Jo- 
seph Lord, private, Captain Jones' Company, Colonel Wells' Regiment, 
Connecticut Militia; also great-great-great-grandson of William Hol- 
embeak, private in Captain Bixby's Company, Connecticut Militia. See 
Records in the Interior Department, Washington, District of Co- 
lumbia. 

GEORGE S. FOWLER. Born in Bristol, New Hampshire. Residence, 
Fort Wa5Tie, Indiana. State No. 59; National No. 1659. Son of Os- 
car F. and Louisa W. Fowler; grandson of Joseph and Nancy 
(Leavitt) Fowler; great-grandson of Jonathan Leavitt, who enlisted 
August I, 177s, in Captain Oilman's Company, Colonel Enoch Poor's 
Regiment, New Hampshire Troops, and is shown as serving in va- 
rious regiments in the capacity of private. Sergeant, Ensign and Lieu- 
tenant, and was appointed Captain-Lieutenant June 23, 1778, in Colonel 
H. Mooney's Regiment, for the defense of Rhode Island. See cer- 
tificate of A. D. Ayling, Adjutant-General, Concord, Massachusetts. 

INMAN H. FOWLER. Born in Lewisburg, Ohio. Residence, Spencer, 
Indiana. State No. 123; National No. 1723. Son of John and Sarah 
(Kesler) Fowler; grandson of George and Catherine Kesler; great- 
grandson of Jacob Kesler, private who enlisted in York County, 
Pennsylvania, serving four separate terms of two to three month 
each in various companies under Colonels Swope and Albright, Penn- 
sylvania troops ; was granted a pension under application, September 
21, 1832, when he was residing at Harrison, Ohio. See records of the 



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HfcorD of Heijolutionar^ ancestors; 77 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District 
of Columbia. 

EDWARD ELISHA FROST. Born in Springfield, Massachusetts. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 213 ; National No. 13663. 
Son of Thomas and Delina (Parsons) Frost; grandson of Benjamin 
and Betsy C. (Shepard) Parsons; great-grandson of Benjamin Par- 
sons, private in the Massachusetts Militia, and who died from wounds 
received at the battle of White Plains ; also the great-great-grandson 
of Stephen Clark, who served five years as a private in Captain Bun- 
nell's Company, Colonel Douglass' Fifth Battalion, Waddsworth 
Brigade, Connecticut State troops. Connecticut Men in the Revolu- 
tion, page 409. 

HORACE SCOTT FROST. Born in Columbus, Indiana. Residence, 
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. State No. 212; National No. 13662. Son of 
Edward Elisha and Emma Frost; grandson of Thomas and Delina 
(Parsons) Frost; great-grandson of Benjamin and Betsy C. (Shep- 
ard) Parsons; great-great-grandson of Benjamin Parsons, private 
Massachusetts Militia ; great-great-grandson of Ezra and Elizabeth 
(Clark) Shepard; great-great-great-grandson of Stephen Clark, pri- 
vate Connecticut State troops, as shown above. 

MILTON GARRIGUS. Born in Wayne, Indiana. Residence, Kokomo, 
Indiana. State No. 233; National No. 14808. Son of Timothy L. 
Garrigus and Elizabeth A. Ferree ; grandson of David Garrigus, pri- 
vate Eastern Battalion Morris County, New Jersey, State troops. See 
records of Adjutant-General of the State of New Jersey. 

NELSON AUGUSTUS GLADDING. Born in Providence, Rhode Island. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 188; National No. 11713. 
Son of John Hill and Lydia M. (Bowen) Gladding; grandson of 
Ethan and Caroline (Robinson) Bowen; great-grandson of Nathaniel 
and Rachel (Briggs) Robinson; great-great-grandson of Christopher 
Robinson, Captain Rhode Island Artillery, who enlisted at Providence, 
Rhode Island, in Colonel Robert Elliott's Regiment, January 22, 1777, 
as First Lieutenant; he also served as Captain-Lieutenant in Captain 
Ebenezer Adams' Company, in Colonel Robert Elliott's Regiment of 
Artillery from May i to September i, 1778, his term of actual service 
being nineteen months and nine days. See records in the Office of the 
Secretary of State of Rhode Island and in the United States Pension 
Office. 

JAMES P. GOODRICH. Born in Winchester, Indiana. Residence, 
Winchester, Indiana. State No. 252; National No. 16102. Son of 
John B. and Elizabeth P. (Edger) Goodrich; grandson of Edward 
and Jane G. (Putman) Edger; great-grandson of Ernestus and Eliza- 
beth (De Spitser) Putman; great-great-grandson of Aaron Putman, 



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who served as a private and non-commissioned officer from the date 
of his enlistment, in 1776, until the close of the war. See record of 
his services in Library Department of Adjutant-General's Office, 
Albany, New York; also the great -great-grandson of Ernestus De 
Spitzer, who was surgeon for the Revolutionary forces from 1776 to 
1 781, in the Second Regiment, Schenectady Division, New York 
troops; grandson Edmund Goodrich and Ellen (Bell) Goodrich; 
great-grandson of John Baldwin and Rebecca (Pearce) Goodrich; 
great-great-grandson of Baldwin and Rebecca (Watkins) Pearce ; 
great-great-great-grandson of Benjamin Watkins, representative Ches- 
terfield County Colonial Assemblies and a member of convention of 
1776. 

HORACE G. GRANGER. Born in Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 81 ; National No. 1681. Son of Noah 
and Martha Jane Granger; grandson of Samuel and Louisa (Foster) 
Granger; great-grandson of John Foster, who served as a private in 
Captain Joseph Briggs' Company, Vermont Militia, from the ist day 
of October, 1778, to the 24th day of November, 1778; also Sergeant of 
Captain Benjamin Cox's Company for scouting in Barnard in August, 
1780. See certificate of T. S. Peck, Adjutant and Inspector-General, 
Burlington, Vermont. 

FREDERICK OSSIAN GRANNISS. Born in Martinsburg, New York, 
Residence, Wheaton, Illinois. State No. 256; National No. 16106. 
Son of Frederick W. Granniss and Mary M. Bennett ; grandson of 
Samuel Bennett and Maria (Capron) Bennett; great-grandson of 
John Capron; great-great-great-grandson of Oliver Capron, who was 
Captain in Colonel Eph. Doolittle's Regiment New Hampshire troops ; 
also in Colonel Samuel Ashley's Regiment New Hampshire troops, in 
service at Winter Hill and Ticonderoga. See Revolutionary War 
Rolls of New Hampshire, by Edward Reason, Secretary of State; 
also the great-grandson of Timothy Hatch, a soldier who served nine 
months in the Third Troop of Light Dragoons, commanded by Colonel 
Elisha Sheldon, Continental troops. [See application of Honorable 
Charles S. Symonds, Utica, New York.] Also the great-grandson of 
Joseph Davenport Bennett, private, who served in Captain Thomas 
Rice's Company in Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment of Rhode Island 
troops ; also the great-great-grandson of John Bennett, a soldier in 
Captain Thomas Rice's Company, Colonel Tillinghast's Regiment 
Rhode Island troops. 

FRANK COOK GREENE. Born in New Albany, Indiana. Residence, 
New Albany, Indiana. State No. 331 ; National No. 19406. Son of 
Frank C. and Anna W. (Hedden) Greene; grandson of David Hed- 
den and Elizabeth Wood Hedden; great-grandson of Stephen and 
Sarah Peck Hedden ; great-great-grandson of David Hedden, a pri- 



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vate minute man in the Essex County, New Jersey, Militia. Records 
of Adjutant-General's Office, Trenton, New Jersey, No. 23008, Volume 
24, Lineage Book D. A. R. 

GEORGE G. GRIFFIN. Born in Madison, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 96; National No. 1696. Son of George O. 
and Martha M. (Bright) Griffin; grandson of Michael G. and Betsy 
Brooke (Steele) Bright; great-grandson of Adam and Betsy Brook 
(Beall) Steel; great-great-grandson of Robert Bcall, First Lieutenant 
in the Eighth Regiment of regular forces under command of Colonel 
Peter Muhlenberg; his commission, being signed by the Committee 
of Safety of the Colony of Virginia, is now in possession of the 
family. 

ELAM YOUNG GUERNSEY. Born in Henryville, Indiana. Residence, 
Bedford, Indiana. State No. 2S9; National No. 17264. Son of Elam 
Beardsley Guernsey and Mary (Young) Guernsey; grandson of Sam- 
uel Young and Elizabeth (Harklerhodes) Young; great-grandson of 
John Young and Mary (Ighlinger) Young; great-great-grandson of 
Michael Young, private in Captain Isaac Adam's Company, Colonel 
Peter Grubb's Eighth Battalion Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, As- 
sociators ; he also served in other companies and participated in the 
battle of Monmouth. See Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, page 
427, Volume 22; Luther R. Kelker, Custodian Public Records, Penn- 
sylvania State Library. 

JAMES H. HABERLY. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 299; National No. 17274. Son of George W. 
Haberly and Frances M. (Stimson) Haberly; grandson of Samuel Mc- 
Elwain Stimson and Louisa C. (Richards) Stimson; great-grandson 
of Daniel Stimson and Sallie Divoll Stimson ; great-great-grandson of 
Luther Stimson, private, who enlisted in the army at the age of six- 
teen ; his name appears on the roll of honor as having served through- 
out the war. See History of Vinchendom, Worcester Count}', ]\Iassa- 
chusetts, by Rev. A. P. Marvon, pages 103, 316, 471 ; also Volume 15, 
page 31, "Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolution ;" 
also Rev. Rolls Collection, Volume 74, page 99, in the office of the 
Secretary of the Commonweath of Massachusetts. 

LLOYD P. HAMILTON. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Residence, 
Terre Haute. State No. 242; National No. 14817. Son of William 
A. Hamilton and Clara B. Hamilton ; grandson of Joseph W. Hamil- 
ton and Elizabeth Hamilton; great-grandson of John Hamilton and 
Rachel (Gilles) Hamilton; great-great-grandson of John Gilles, who 
was a private in Captain John Orvises' Fourth Battalion, Cumberland 
County, Pennsylvania, Militia. See page 754, Volume 23, Third Series 
Pennsylvania Archives. 



80 gjonsf of t\)t American Mebolution 

PAUL BITNER HAMILTON. Bom in Terre Haute, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 333; National No. 19408. 
Son of William A. Hamilton and Clara Bitner Hamilton; grandson 
of Joseph Wright and Elizabeth Palmer Hamilton; great-grandson 
of John and Rachel (Gilles) Hamilton; great-great-grandson of John 
Gilles, private in the Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia, as 
shown above. 

WILLIAM A. HAMILTON. Born in West Middletown, Pennsylvania. 
Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 202; National No. 13652. 
Son of Joseph W. and Elizabeth (Palmer) Hamilton; grandson of 
John and Rachel (Gilles) Hamilton; great-grandson of John Gilles, 
private Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Militia, as shown above. 

CHARLES BUTLER HARRIS. Born in Goshen, Indiana. Residence, 
Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria, American Consul. State No. 215 ; 
National No. 13665. Son of Leonard G. and Rosalie Harris, grandson 
of Samuel and Ann (Griffin) Harris ; great-grandson of Samuel Har- 
ris, Ensign Dutchess County, New York, Militia. See Archives of the 
State of New York, page 275. 

JAMES B. HARRIS. Born in West Brookfield, Ohio. Residence, Terre 
Haute, Indiana. State No. 298; National No. 17273. Son of Henry 
Harris and Sarah Beam Harris; grandson of John Harris and Su- 
sanna (Flinder) Harris; great-grandson of George Harris, private in 
Captain John Nelson's Company of Independent Riflemen, First Penn- 
sylvania Battalion; re-enlisted in First New York Regiment, later 
transferred to the Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment; granted a land war- 
rant for services. See page 62, Volume 10, Pennsylvania Archives, 
Second Series, 1896 edition; also page 562, "Military Register," State 
Library, Albany, New York; General F. C. Ainsworth, "The Military 
Secretary," War Department, Washington, District of Columbia; Mr. 
I. James Schajfif, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. 

RUSSELL B. HARRISON. Born in Oxford, Ohio. Residence, Indian- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 229; National No. 2020. Son of Ben- 
jamin Harrison and Caroline (Scott) Harrison; grandson of John 
Scott Harrison and Elizabeth (Irwin) Harrison; great-grandson of 
William Henry Harrison and Anna (Symmes) Harrison; great-great- 
grandson of Benjamin Harrison, who was member and speaker of 
Virginia House of Burgesses; member of committee which prepared 
the Resolutions of 1764 ; was a delegate to the First Continental Con- 
gress ; member of Second Virginia Convention and elected member 
of Second Congress, in which he was chairman of Committee of War ; 
re-elected to Congress third time; was Chairman of Committee on 
Foreign Relations ; Commander of Expedition to resist Lord Dun- 
more; Chairman of Committee on Canadian Expedition; was a signer 
of the Declaration of Independence, and Chairman of Board of War 



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of Congress, which had charge of all operations ; was county Lieu- 
tenant in Virginia, and also Governor of Virginia. Also the great- 
great-grandson of John CUves Symmes, Colonel Third Battalion Sus- 
sex, New Jersey, Militia; grandson of Rev. John W. Scott; great- 
grandson of John Scott, who was Quartermaster First Battalion Bucks 
County Associators, Pennsylvania. See Lives of the Signers, N. 
Dwight and other Histories. 

JETHRO AYRES HATCH. Born in Chenango County, New York. 
Residence, Victoria, Texas. State No. 144; National No. 1744. Son 
of Jethro and Minerva (Pierce) Hatch; grandson of Timothy Hatch, 
who enlisted as private in Fourth Connecticut troops, April, 1777; 
discharged January, 1778; he also appears as drummer in Captain 
Prior's Company; he is also shown as a private on the list of Con- 
necticut Revolutionary Pensioners, allowed for six months' and ten 
days' actual service; great-great-grandson of Jethro Hatch, who ap- 
pears as Major of Thirteenth Connecticut Regiment, October, 1776, 
and also as Major of Colonel Moseley's Regiment. See "Connecticut 
Men in the War of the Revolution," published by the Adjutant-Gen- 
eral of Connecticut. 

*ROBERT STOCKWELL HATCHER. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. 
Died September 14, 1903. State No. 98; National No. 1698. Son of 
William Henry and Sarah Elizabeth (Early) Hatcher; grandson of 
Archibald and Elizabeth N. (Dibrell) Hatcher; great-grandson of An- 
thony Dibrell, Jr., private Virginia Militia. A certificate issued by the 
Bureau of Pensions states that Charles Dibrell went to Yorktown in 
the fall of 1781 to relieve his brother, who was in feeble health, but, 
learning that the enemy must shortly surrender, both brothers remained ; 
Anthony Dibrell, Jr., was the only brother of Charles, and it is certi- 
fied that he was too much debilitated to march with the prisoners to 
Winchester, Virginia ; great-great-grandson of Jacob Drennan, a sol- 
dier under General George Rogers Clark, in the expedition against 
the British posts in the Northwest. See certificate of the Commis- 
sioner of Pensions, dated March 28, 1890. 

MORTON S. HAWKINS. Born in Portland, Indiana. Residence, Indi- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 230; National No. 14805. Son of Nathan 
Byrd Hawkins and Genevra I. Jaqua Hawkins; grandson of Nathan 
Byrd Hawkins, Sr., and Rebecca Hawkins ; great-grandson of John 
Jay Hawkins and Nancy Sellers Hawkins; great-great-grandson of 
Samuel Haivkins, who, at the age of fifteen years, left his home in 
the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia, and joined the Pennsylvania Vol- 
unteers, at Philadelphia, and went to the camp at Valley Forge, and 
served from Valley Forge to Yorktown as a private soldier; great- 
grandson of Nathan Sellers, Sergeant in Pennsylvania Volunteers, 
serving from 1775 to 1782. See Tuttle's History of Indiana; His- 
tories of Jay County, Indiana ; History of Preble County, Ohio. 



82 ^ong of tl^e American Hetjolution 

*CHARLES E. HAWLEY. Born in Huntington, Indiana. Died August 
6, 1904. State No. 227; National No. 14802. Son of David M. Haw- 
ley and Louisa J. Burket Hawley ; grandson of Eli Burket and Fannie 
Miller Burket; great-grandson of Benjamin Miller and Catherine 
Heiney Miller; great-great-grandson of Samuel Heiney and Barbary 
Stearne Heiney; great-great-great-grandson of Jacob Heiney, private, 
Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental Line, as shown else- 
where. See Charles McGrew. 

EDGAR F. HAWLEY. Born in Huntington, Indiana. Residence, Clif- 
ton, Arizona. State No. 226; National No. 14801. Son of David 
M. Hawley and Louisa J. Burket Hawley; grandson of Eli Burket 
and Fannie Miller Burket; great-grandson of Benjamin Miller and 
Catherine Heiney Miller; great-great-grandson of Samuel Heiney and 
Barbary Stearne Heiney ; great-great-great-grandson of Jacob Heiney, 
private Proctor's Pennsylvania Artillery, Continental Line, as shown 
elsewhere. See Charles McGrew. 

EZRA GUARD HAYES. Born near Lawrenceburg, Indiana. Residence, 
Lawrenceburg, Indiana. State No. 322; National No. 18147. Son of 
Joseph Hayes and Nancy Billingsby Hayes ; grandson of Solomon 
Hayes, Second Lieutenant Seventh Company, First Battalion, under 
Colonel Hannan (see Pennsylvania Archives, Volume XIV, page 93, 
Second Series) ; also the great-grandson of Joseph Hayes, who raised 
and equipped an independent company of cavalry at his own expense 
and served during the war, a part of the time under Colonel Otho 
Williams; Joseph Hayes was a true patriot; he said if the cause of 
liberty was lost there would be no country, and he hazarded all for 
the cause; he mortgaged his land in 1776 and was sold out by the 
sheriff in 1785; for his military service he was paid in worthless Con- 
tinental money; he was financially ruined; he gave 233 acres of fine 
land and seven years of his life for his country; barkening to the 
call of the wild he came west with his children and grandchildren in 
1791, locating at North Bend; in 1783 Captain Hayes leased a tract 
of land of John Cleves Symmes at the mouth of the great Miami 
River, naming it Hayes Point; upon the opening of the land office 
at Cincinnati the Hayes family bought the first tract of land pur- 
chased of the United States in the present State of Indiana, April 9, 
1807, for $2,635.03; this tract, with the addition of 4,000 acres is still 
owned by the descendants of Joseph Hayes, and he, with hundreds of 
his descendants, is buried in the Pioneer Cemetery, located on this 
tract of land. See Dearborn County History and Hayes Genealogical 
Book; also record of Old Swedes Church, Wilmington, Delaware, 
and Chester County, Pennsylvania, court records. 

WILLIAM EUGENE HAYWARD. Born in Hillsboro, Illinois. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 297; National No. 17272. 
Son of John Shaw Hay ward and Harriet F. (Comstock) Hay ward; 



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grandson of Beza Hayvvard and Experience Shaw Hayward ; great- 
grandson of Nathan Hayward; private in Captain Staples Chamber- 
lain's Company, Colonel Abner Perry's Regiment (see Massachusetts 
Soldiers and Sailors, Volume 7, page 627) ; also great-great-grandson 
of Nathaniel Comstock, Captain in Colonel Experience Storr's Regi- 
ment (see Connecticut Men in the Revolution, page 631) ; also great- 
great-great-grandson of John Bradford, Corporal of Captain Walker's 
Company, Colonel Elmore's Regiment, also Captain Cady's Company, 
Colonel Chapman's Regiment (see Connecticut Men of the Revolu- 
tion, pages 115 and 533) ; also great-great-great-grandson of Daniel 
Fitch, Corporal of the Sunbury Company, Fourth Regiment, Con- 
necticut Line; also Corporal of the Connecticut Light Infantry; also 
under Captain Gregory, Ninth Regiment of Militia, General Wooster 
(see Connecticut Men of the Revolution, pages 186, 321, 351 and 486) ; 
also great-grandson of Ichabod Shaw, private of Lexington Alarm 
List; also Corporal of Captain Waterman's Company, Colonel Par- 
son's Regiment. See Connecticut Men of the Revolution, pages 24 
and 75. 

*RICHARD M. HAZELETT. Born in Monroe County, Indiana. Died 
July, 1897. State No. 48; National No. 1648. Son of Samuel and 
Nancy (Miller) Hazelett; grandson of Mordecai Miller, private sol- 
dier in the expedition under Colonel George Rogers Clark against 
Fort Vincennes, and has a very interesting history, claiming that he 
had been in over one hundred skirmishes and battles with the Indians, 
Tories, etc., and came off without a scratch ; he received a pension 
for his services. 

EMMETT JEROME HEEB. Born in Fayette County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 257; National No. 16107. 
Son of William Heeb and Nancy (Wagoner) Heeb; grandson of 
John Wagoner and Catherine Zinn Wagoner; great-grandson of 
George IVilliam Wagoner, commissioned Lieutenant of Fifth Com- 
pany, Third Battalion, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Militia, com- 
manded by Lieutenant Colonel Jonathan Jones (see Pennsylvania 
Archives, Second Series, Volume XIV, page 298) ; also served with 
the Militia at Brandj'wine and Germantown (see Pennsylvania 
Archives — manuscript in possession of the editor, Doctor William 
Egle) ; also the grandson of Jacob Zinn, who was fifer of Captain 
Isaac Addams' Company of Light Infantry, of Colonel Peter Grubbs' 
Battalion of Associators in Lancaster County, 1776 (see Pennsylvania 
Archives, Third Series, Volume XXIII, page 427) ; he also served 
in the Pennsylvania Militia in 1777 and 1778. 

*JA^IES BUREN HIGGINS. Born in Lebanon, Indiana. Died May 21, 
1905. State No. 268; National No. 161 18. Son of William Louis 
Higgins and Lelia Atkinson Higgins ; grandson of William Uclid 
Higgins and Aveline Bramblett Higgins; great-grandson of William 



84 g)on0 of tl)e American Kebolution 

O. Higgins and Elizabeth Wills Higgins ; great-great-grandson of 
James Higgins, Second Lieutenant, First Lieutenant and Captain in 
Eighth Virginia, under Colonel A. Bowman. See records of War 
Department, Washington, District of Columbia. 

JACQUELIN S. HOLLIDAY. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 28; National No. 1628. Son of Wil- 
liam Jacquelin and Lucy (Redd) Holliday; grandson of John and 
Lucy R. (Fitzhugh) Redd; great-grandson of Philip and Mary Macon 
(Aylett) Fitzhugh; great-great-grandson of Philip and Elizabeth 
(Henry) Aylett; great-great-great-grandson of William Aylett, Colo- 
nel and Assistant Commissary-General of Virginia in the Revolu- 
tionary War; he furnished supplies to the army — blankets, clothing, 
etc. — from his own means, giving his individual bonds in payment, the 
settlement of which, after his death, exhausted his estate; he died at 
Yorktown at his post of duty in 1781 ; great-great-great-grandson of 
Patrick Henry, whose record is known to all readers of American 
history; also the great-great-grandson of Philip Bush, Assistant Quar- 
termaster-General Virginia Troops. 

WILLIAM JACQUELIN HOLLIDAY. Born in Winchester, Virginia. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 55; National No. 1655. 
Son of William D. and Ariana Ambler (Smith) Holliday; grandson 
of Edward and Elizabeth (Bush) Smith; great-grandson of Philip 
Bush, who was Quartermaster-General of the United States from 
October 4, 1780, to December 23, 1780, but how much longer or what 
other office held is not shown; during the above period he was sta- 
tioned at the camp of the Hessians, prisoners of war, at Winchester, 
Virginia. 

JOHN STOW HOUSE. Born in Knoxville, Illinois. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 255 ; National No. 16105. Son of Richard 
Henson House and Phoebe Baldwin (Stow) House; grandson of 
Samuel Stow and Abigal G. Baldwin; great-grandson of William 
Stow and Elizabeth Baldwin Stow; great-great-grandson of Stephen 
Stow, who left his home and family and volunteered to minister to 
the sufferings of a shipload of two hundred American prisoners who 
were landed in Milford, Connecticut, January i, 1777 — many of them 
were sick and dying of smallpox and other loathsome diseases, and, in 
his attendance upon them, he contracted the smallpox, from which he 
died; four sons of Stephen Stow also served in the War for Inde- 
pendence. See inscription on monument to the Soldiers of the Amer- 
ican Revolution, in the town of Milford, Connecticut; also Baldwin 
Genealogy, pages 330 and 2)2^, and Lambert's History of Milford, Con- 
necticut, page 136. 

JOHN SIMON SON HOWK. Born in New Albany, Indiana. Residence, 
Jeffersonville, Indiana. State No. 317; National No. 18142. Son of 



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George Vail Howk and Jane Carnahan Simonson Howk ; grandson 
of John Smith Simonson and EHzabeth Edmonson (Watson) Si- 
monson; great-grandson of William Watson and Margaret (Ed- 
mondson) (or Edmiston) Watson; great-great-grandson of William 
Edniondson, who, in 1774, signed the Holston Declaration to Conti- 
nental Congress; in the same year was made Lieutenant of the militia 
of Fincastle County; in 1776 he served with credit as Captain in the 
same militia; in 1779 he was Captain in Colonel Shelby's Chicka- 
mauga Expedition ; at the battle of King's Mountain he served as 
Major of the Washington County Militia under Colonel William 
Campbell, the Commander-in-Chief; in 1781 he was made Lieutenant- 
Colonel, and, in 1783, Colonel of the Virginia Militia, which was 
largely occupied in frontier service; he was also, for some time. 
Sheriff of Washington County and Judge of the County Court. See 
Lyman C. Draper's "King's Mountain and Its Heroes," and family 
records. 

BENJAMIN G. HUDNUT. Bom in Edinburg, Indiana. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 282; National No. 17257. Son of 
Theodore Hudnut and Martha (Griffin) Hudnut; grandson of Joseph 
H. Hudnut and Katherine Hudnut ; great-grandson of Moses Daulton, 
Sergeant of Cavalry in Third Regiment, Vermont Line; widow pen- 
sioned. See records Pension Office, Washington, District of Columbia. 

JOSHUA W. HUGHES. Bom in Greenbrier County, Virginia. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 251 ; National No. 16101. Son 
of Richard Hughes and Nancy D. Hughes ; grandson of Richard 
Hughes and Elizabeth S. Hughes ; great-grandson of Richard Hughes, 
who enlisted in the Continental Army at the breaking out of the war 
and served to its close ; he was wounded in the battle of Brandywine 
and spent the memorable winter with Washington at Valley Forge; 
private in Captain Bisben's Company, Fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, 
1777; in Captain Reily's Company, Third Pennsylvania Regiment, 1778. 
See Pension Office Records; also Genealogical History of the family, 
family records, etc. 

*CEPHAS B. HUSTON. Born in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania. Died 
July 8, 1903. State No. 27; National No. 1627. Son of William and 
Mary Ann (Beall) Huston; grandson of James Huston, Captain in 
the Continental Army, who was with General Washington when he 
crossed the Delaware River at Trenton, New Jersey; great grandson 
of George Ross, who signed the Declaration of Independence from 
Delaware. 

*SAMUEL M. HUSTON. Born in Butler County, Ohio. Died August 
19, 1899. State No. 49; National No. 1649. Son of David and Eliza- 
beth (Mack) Huston; great-grandson of John Huston, who was a 
soldier in the Revolutionary War, and was said to have been a Cap- 



86 ^on& of ttje American Hetiolution 

tain; great-grandson of Richard Mack, a private who lived long 
enough to enjoy the benefits of a pension given the surviving veterans 
of the Revolution. Family records furnish the above statements. 

GEORGE WESLEY ILGENFRITZ. Born in Tippecanoe County, In- 
diana. Residence, Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 332; National No. 
19407. Son of John W. and Jane Ilgenfritz ; grandson of Elijah and 
Ann Mitchell ; great-grandson of William and Sarah Myers Mitchell ; 
great-great-grandson of Robert Mitchell, -who enlisted in the Revolu- 
tionary service November 27, 1776, and was still in service in May, 
1779. The records show that Robert Mitchell was Drum Major of 
Captain Peter Bryan Bruin's Company, of the regiment commanded 
by Colonel Daniel Morgan. This regiment was known at different 
times as the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, the Eleventh and Fifteenth 
Virginia Regiment, and the Seventh Virginia Regiment, Revolutionary 
War. See Records of Pension Office, Washington, District of Co- 
lumbia. 

ROBERT BUCKELL INSLEY. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Westfield, New Jersey. State No. 319; National No. 18144. 
Son of William Quinn and Celia (Whitmore) Insley; grandson of 
Edward and Susan Green Webb Whitmore ; great-grandson of John 
Webb (of Connecticut) and Abagail (Edwards) Webb; great-great- 
grandson of John Webb (of Virginia), who enlisted as Captain in the 
Seventh Virginia, March S, 1776; became Major January 26, 1778; 
was transferred to the Fifth Virginia September 14, 1778; became 
Lieutenant-Colonel July 4, 1779, and retired February 12, 1781. See 
Dictionary of the Army of the United States, and Heitman's Historical 
Register. 

CHARLES TIMOTHY JEWETT. Born in Indianola, Iowa. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 286; National No. 17261. Son of 
Albert Follett Jewett and Mahala Ann Roberts Jewett; grandson of 
Timothy Jewett and Harriet (Follett) Jewett; great-grandson of Abel 
Jewett, Jr., and Susanna Munson Jewett; great-great-grandson of 
Abel Jewett, Sr., private in Captain Joseph Parker's Company, Colonel 
Enoch Hale's Regiment (see Jewett Records from New Hampshire 
Rolls of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, Adjutant-General, Mont- 
pelier, Vermont) ; also great-grandson of John Fassett Follett ; great- 
great-grandson of Martin Dewey Follett, private in Lieutenant Scott's 
Company, Colonel Herrick's Regiment ; also in Captain Sawyer's 
Company, Captain Joseph Safford's Company and Colonel Walbridge's 
Vermont Regiment; was also Captain in War of 1812 (see Follett 
Records from Follett Ancestry, published by the Champlin Press, Co- 
lumbus, Ohio, and records of Ohio Society Sons of the American 
Revolution) ; also great-great-great-grandson of Eliphalet Follett, pri- 
vate in local militia Wyoming Valley Settlement, Pennsylvania. See 
Follett Records. 



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HENRY EDWx\RD JEWETT. Born in Lexington, Indiana. Residence, 
New Albany, Indiana. State No. 97 ; National No. 1697. Son of Pat- 
rick Henry and Mary J. Jewett; grandson of Joshua Raymond and 
Mary A. Jewett ; great-grandson of Joseph Jeivctt, appointed Captain 
in Colonel Huntington's Regiment, Seventeenth Continental, for year 
1776; was mortally wounded and taken prisoner at the battle of Long 
Island, August 27, 1776; died August 29, 1776. See records of Ad- 
jutant-General's office, Hartford, Connecticut. 

SIMEON S. JOHNSON. Born in Athens, Vermont. Residence, Jeffer- 
sonville, Indiana. State No. 182; National No. 11707. Son of Haynes 
and Hannah (Stevens) Johnson; grandson of Simeon and Hannah 
(Bayley) Stevens; great-grandson of Ephraim and Hannah (Fowler) 
Bayley ; great-great-grandson of Jacob Bayley, Brigadier-General New 
York Militia. See "Governor and Council," Volume i, page 117; 
"History of Newbury" in Vermont Historical Magazine ; "Deming's 
Catalogue, 1778-1851"; Drake's Dictionary of American Biography; 
records of Adjutant-General's office, Concord, New Hampshire; "Ver- 
mont Gazetteer." 

WILLIAM W. KEMPER. Born in Muncie, Indiana. Residence, Muncie, 
Indiana. State No. 183; National No. 11708. Son of G. W. H. and 
Harriet Kemper; grandson of Arthur Smith and Patience (Bryant) 
Kemper; great-grandson of John Bryant, Sergeant Virginia troops, 
who enlisted in May, 1780, and was in actual service fifteen months, 
a part of this time serving under Captain Porter and Colonel Nelson ; 
he was granted a pension in August of 1832 at the age of seventy-two 
years. See record of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pen- 
sions. 

CHARLES EDGAR KENDRICK. Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. 
Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 168; National No. 10143. 
Son of William G. and Ann Louise (Stoddart) Kendrick; grandson 
of Isaac and Lydia (Butler) Stoddart; great-grandson of Zebulon 
and Jemima (Fish) Butler; great-great-grandson of Zebulon Butler, 
Colonel Continental Line, who commanded a company of Continentals 
and citizens in a skirmish which took place previous to the massacre of 
Wyoming Valley, Pennsylvania. See documents with National No. 
2050. 

CLARENCE A. KENYON. Born in Yorkville, Michigan. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. no; National No. 1710. Son of 
Thomas W. and Mary L. (Brewer) Kenyon ; grandson of Russell A. 
and Lydia J. (Rhodes) Kenyon; great-grandson of Thomas B. and 
Rachel (Allen) Kenyon; great-great-grandson of Lodozvick Kenyon, 
who was a soldier in Colonel John Tophan's Regiment in 1776; great- 
great-grandson of William Allen, who served as Captain in Second 
Rhode Island Regiment, commanded by Colonel Israel Angell, in 



88 g>on0 of t^e American Hebolution 

I779> his commission being dated February ii, 1777; he was after- 
wards general and a distinguished officer in the Revolutionary War, 
and his name is historically well known. See Saffell's "Records of the 
Revolutionary War," page 411. 

HOWARD KIMBALL. Born in South Boston, Massachusetts. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 169; National No. 10144. Son 
of Warren and Ann Baker (Brown) Kimball; grandson of Benjamin 
and Huldah (Wade) Kimball; great-grandson of Benjamin Kimball, 
who enlisted in April, 1775, and served till the close of the war; he 
was promoted to the rank of Sergeant July 14, 1780, which rank he 
held to the close of the war; he re-enlisted in several different com- 
panies and was present at the battle of Long Island, the surrender of 
Burgoyne and the battles of Trenton and Princeton. See "History of 
the Kimball Family in America from 1634 to 1897," Volume i, pages 
261 and 262. 

JOHN PATTON KIMMEL. Born in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Resi- 
dence, Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 325; National No. 181 50. 
Son of Charles A. and Harriett Patton Kimmel; grandson of Jacob 
and Margaret Scoles Kimmel; great-grandson of John Kimmel and 
Elizabeth Urich Kimmel ; great-great-grandson of Michael Kimmel, 
who enlisted from York County, Pennsylvania; was First Lieutenant 
of Fourth Battalion, Pennsylvania, and Regimental Paymaster, May, 
1777; retired with rank of Captain, July, 1778; participated in the 
battles of Long Island and Brandywine. See Pennsylvania State Rec- 
ords, York County Historical Society. 

ARTHUR G. KINGMAN. Born in Muchachinock, Iowa. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 261; National No. 16111. Son of 
Pliny Emerson Kingman and Ella Louise (Squiers) Kingman; grand- 
son of Collins Stephen Squiers and Elizabeth Joanna (Benton) 
Squiers; great-grandson of Benejah Griffin Benton and Matilda 
(Lewis) Benton; great-great-grandson of Lodowich Lewis and 
Eunice Wheeler Lewis; great-great-great-grandson of Nathaniel 
Lewis, Jr., who was a Sergeant in the Revolutionary War, First Con- 
necticut Regiment, under General Wooster. See "Records of the 
Revolutionary War," Stonington, Connecticut. 

COLLINS W. KINNAN. Born in Marion County, Indiana. Residence, 
Montpelier, Indiana. State No. 303 ; National No. 18128. Son of 
William P. Kinnan and Harriet J. (Dollarhide) Kinnan ; grandson of 
Thomas Britton Kinnan and Catherine E. Phillips Kinnan; great- 
grandson of Edward Kinnan, who served through the American Revo- 
lution as a drummer, enlisting in the New Jersey Troops at the re- 
puted age of thirteen, though, in fact, but nine years of age, in Cap- 
tain Gisbert Giverson's Company, Colonel Samuel Foreman's Regi- 
ment; he afterwards served in Captain John Conover's Company, 



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Major William Montgomery's Battalion, Colonel Elisha Lawrence's 
Regiment, to the end of the war. See records of Adjutant-General of 
the State of New Jersey. 

EDGAR POE KLING. Born in Peru, Indiana. Residence, Peru, Indiana. 
State No. 276; National No. 17251. Son of Alpheas H. Kling and 
Kate L. (Passage) Kling; grandson of John Passage and Mary 
(Reed) Passage; great-grandson of Henry Passage, private in Revo- 
lutionary War (New York) (see General Masarda Chap., D. A. R., 
Peru, Indiana, and page 443; New York State Archives); also the 
great-great-grandson of George Passage, Lieutenant in the Revolu- 
tiaonary War (see Genaral Masarda Chap., D. A. R., Peru, Indiana, 
National No. 37652, and page 256, New York State Archives) ; also 
the grandson of Mary (Reed) Passage; great-grandson of Brewster 
Reed; great-great-grandson of Joseph Reed, Ensign in Rhode Island 
Continental Army. See records of Revolutionary War, page 155. 

FREDERICK N. KOLLOCK. Born in Burlington, New Jersey. Resi- 
dence, Portland, Oregon. State No. 23 ; National No. 1623. Son 
of Shepard K. and Sarah H. Kollock; grandson of Shepard Kollock, 
Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Second Regiment Artillery, Conti- 
nental Line, 1776-8, and editor of the New Jersey Journal, an organ 
established at the seat of war, Chatham, New^ Jersey, in 1789, at the 
request of Washington ; a reward was offered for his capture or death. 
One of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. See Historical 
Collections of New Jersey, page 172. 

WILLIAM PERRY KROM. Born in Union County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Elwood, Indiana. State No. 314; National No. 18139. Son of 
Charles and Sarah Goble Krom ; grandson of John and Sarah Coomes 
Krom; great-grandson of JoJm Crum, who was a private in Captain 
Jacob DuBois's Company, Colonel Holmes' Second Battalion, Salem 
County, New Jersey (see records of office of Adjutant-General, Tren- 
ton, New Jersey) ; also great-great-grandson of Jacob DuBois, a Cap- 
tain of a Company in Colonel Holmes' Battalion, Salem County, New 
Jersey. 

GEORGE TALLMAN LADD. Born in Edinburgh, Ohio. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 219; National No. 13669. Son of 
George Trumbull Ladd and Cornelia A. (Tallman) Ladd; grandson 
of John C. Tallman and Ellen Rhine Tallman ; great-grandson of 

Tallman ; great-great-grandson of James Tallman, private 

Eleventh Virginia Line, as shown elsewhere. See Wilbur Topping. 

*FRANKLIN LANDERS. Born in Landersdale, Indiana. Died Sep- 
tember 10, 1901. State No. 119; National No. 1719. Son of William 
and Delilah (Stone) Landers; grandson of Nimrod H. Stone, who 
enlisted at Fauquier County, Virginia, on April 28, 1781, as private in 



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Captain William Triplet's Company, in Colonel Francis Triplet's 
Regiment ; was engaged in the siege of Yorktown ; on September i6, 
1833, applied for, received, and drew a pension until the time of his 
death. See Certificate of Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, 
District of Columbia, under date of August 14, 1895. 

LUCIUS H. LANDON. Born in Berrien Springs, Michigan. Residence, 
Elwood, Indiana. State No. 146; National No. 3835. Son of Rufus 
Wharton and Margaret Jane (Gray) Landon; grandson of Luther and 
Mary (Hulett) Landon; great-grandson of Rufus Landon, who en- 
listed February, 1776, as Drummer in a Company of Artillery, Captain 
John Bigelow; his term of service was for one year, and he was dis- 
charged at Mount Independence, opposite Ticonderoga; re-enlisted 
later under Captain Pelleton, and served as hospital nurse and guard 
in various places ; applied for pension May, 1818, which was granted. 
See records of Department of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washing- 
ton, District of Columbia. 

EARLE PORTMESS LEE. Born in Flora, Illinois. Residence, Terre 
Haute, Indiana. State No. 313; National No. 18138. Son of 
Thomas Ludwell Lee and Etta (Portmess) Lee; grandson of Doctor 
James Portmess and Mary Ann Buck Portmess ; great-grandson of 
John Portmess and Ruth (Easter) Portmess; great-great-grandson 
of John Raster, a private drafted into the service from Washington 
County, Maryland, shortly before the surrender of Cornwallis; and 
serving three months in Maryland under Captain Billmier; three 
months under Captain Peter Brewer and three months under Captain 
David Casner and Colonel Moses Rawlins; in November of 1832 he 
applied for a pension, which was granted. See Record of the Depart- 
ment of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District of 
Columbia; also great-great-grandson of Henry Buck, who was Sur- 
geon's Mate (assistant Surgeon) of the Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, 
commanded by Colonel Samuel Miles, having enlisted as a private in 
Captain John Marshall's Company, on duty at Amboy, August i, 1776. 
See pages 258, Zii, 350, Volume 2, Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series. 
Also great-great-grandson of Henry Fisher, who was a private in Cap- 
tain Daniel De Turck's Berks County Associators, July, 1776. See 
page 139, Volume 5, Pennsylvania Archives, Fifth Series. 

OSCAR COLES LEGGETT. Born in Westchester County, New York. 
Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 265; National No. 161 15. 
Son of Samuel Mott Leggett and Julia Leggett; grandson of William 
Hight Leggett and Margaret Peck (Wright) Leggett; great-grandson 
of Thomas Leggett, Jr., private in New York Militia. See "New 
York in the Revolution," page 208; "Old New York Merchants," Vol- 
ume 8, page 246. 



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MORTIMER LEVERING. Born in Ardmore, Pennsylvania. Residence, 
Lexington, Kentucky. State No. 70; National No. 1670. Son of Wil- 
liam H. and Irene (Smith) Levering; grandson of Abraham and 
Catherine (Hagy) Levering; great-grandson of John Levering; the 
original certificate is in existence, showing that on the 20th of May, 
1778, John Levering, of Roxbury Township, Pennsylvania, took the oath 
of allegiance as Ensign of the Second Battalion, Philadelphia County; 
in May, 1780, was made Captain of the Sixth Company of the Seventh 
Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Mathew Holgate; he was in the battles 
of Trenton, Princeton, and other engagements. See Volume 13, pages 
129 and 759 of "Associated Battalions and Militia"; also Munsell's 
"American Ancestry," Volume 8, page 153; also "The Levering Gene- 
alogy." 

JOHN MILLER LILLY. Born in Reading, Pennsylvania. Residence, 
Weston, Massachusetts. State No. 249; National No. 14824. Son of 
Colonel John O. D. Lilly and Catherine (Miller) Lilly; grandson of 
Colonel William Lilly and Catherine (Dey) Lilly; great-grandson of 
John Dey and Phoebe (Crane) Lilly; great-great-grandson of Colonel 
Themis Dey, who was a member of the Assembly from Bergen County, 
New Jersey, 1761 to 1775; also member of General Assembly of New 
Jersey, 1775 to 1784; member of Council from 1779 to 1782; com- 
missioner with John Cleves Symmes in 1776 to visit the Jersey troops 
north of Albany ; was a member of the Provincial Congress and Com- 
mittee of Safety and Committee of Correspondence, Bergen County, 
New Jersey; Commissioner of Pardons; Mustering Officer under call 
of Congress, February 9, 1780. See documents relating to the Colonial 
History of the State of New Jersey, edited by Frederick W. Ricord, 
First Series, Volume XVII, pages 224 to 487, and Volume XVIII, 
pages 27 to 569; Stryker's Official Register, pages 36, 47, 339, 351; 
Minutes of Provincial Congress and Council of Safety, pages 394, 
569; Minutes of Council of Safety, 1777, pages 77, 78, 107, 122, 149; 
New Jersey Revolutionary Correspondence, page 15. 

JOSEPH LITTELL. Born in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 273; National No. 16123. Son of 
George Littell and Mary Ann Littell; grandson of David Littell and 
Jane Shillito Littell ; great-grandson of William Littell, private, who 
enlisted in Captain Courtney's Company, Colonel Thomas Proctor's 
Pennsylvania Regiment, in 1775; later, while serving under Colonel 
Starbuck, he was taken prisoner at the battle of Bound Brook and 
detained about sixteen months; he applied for a pension in 1818, which 
was allowed. See Pennsylvania Archives, Volume 11, reprint 1891, 
and Second Series, Volume 13, page 132, reprint of 1890; also records 
of Pension Department, Washington, District of Columbia. 

GEORGE W. McCONNELL. Born in Livingston, Virginia. Died Sep- 
tember 5, 1894. State No. 13 ; National No. 1613. Son of James and 



92 ^ons of tlie American Hebolution 

Elizabeth (Lucky) McConnell; grandson of James McConnell, who 
enhsted and was commissioned as Captain August i6, 1776; was 
placed in charge at King's Bridge and later wintered at Valley Forge 
with General Washington ; grandson of Joseph Lucky, Captain in 
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Militia ; was taken prisoner while at 
home on a furlough. See History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 
by McCauley. 

JOSEPH WHITMORE McCREA. Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 
Residence, Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 279; National No. 17254. 
Son of Benjamin H. McCrea and Isabell M. (Cory) McCrea; grand- 
son of Elnathan Cory and Susannah Cory; great-grandson of Thomas 
Cory and Margaret Taylor Cory; great-great-grandson of Thomas 
Cory and Jane (Roll) Cory; great-great-great-grandson of John Roll, 
private, Sergeant and Captain in Peter Layton's Company of Morris 
County Militia of New Jersey. See documentary evidence submitted 
by Adjutant-General of New Jersey. 

CHARLES McCULLOCH. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 68; National No. 1668. Son of Hugh 
and Susan Maria (Man) McCulloch; grandson of Albon and Maria 
(Piatt) Man; great-grandson of Nathaniel Piatt, who raised the first 
company of volunteers on Long Island, and received his commission 
as Captain from General Nicholas Woodhull, under whose command 
he served on Long Island and in Connecticut, and during the latter 
part of the war as aid to General Washington ; great-grandson of 
Ebeneser Man, who enlisted as surgeon from Kent, Connecticut; he 
was Brigade Surgeon under Washington through the war, and par- 
ticipated in the battle at Yorktown. 

JOHN ROSS McCULLOCH. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 69; National No. 1669. Son of 
Charles and Sarah (Ross) McCulloch; grandson of Hugh and Susan 
Maria (Man) McCulloch; great-grandson of Albon and Maria 
(Piatt) Man; great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Piatt, Captain New 
York Militia; great-great-grandson of Ebeneser Man, Brigade Sur- 
geon Connecticut troops, as shown above. 

DANIEL McDonald. Bom in Fayette County, Indiana. Residence, 
Plymouth, Indiana. State No. 280; National No. 17255. Son of 
Thomas McDonald and Elizabeth (Dickson) McDonald; grandson of 
Piatt B. Dickson and Elizabeth (Brownlee) Dickson; great-grandson 
of James Brozvnlce, a private in Captain Abner Howell's Company, of 
Washington County, Pennsylvania. See Pennsylvania Archives, Sec- 
ond Series, Volume 14, page 757, and certificate of William Henry 
Egle, State Librarian and Editor of Pennsylvania Archives. 



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CINCINNATUS H. McDOWELL. Born in Nicholas County, Kentucky. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 5 ; National No. 1605. 
Son of James Perry and Emily E. McDowell; grandson of Mathew 
and Susan McDowell; great-grandson of Ephraim McDozvcll, who 
served as a private in Captain Jacob Teneyck's Company, Colonel 
Frederick Frelinghuysen's First Battalion, Somerset County, New 
Jersey, Militia; great-great-grandson of Colonel Willctt, who was on 
General Lafayette's staff. See Records of Adjutant-General's Office, 
Trenton, New Jersey. ^ 

CHARLES McGREW. Born in Huntington, Indiana. Residence, Hunt- 
ington, Indiana. State No. 205 ; National No. 13655. Son of William 
and Elizabeth (Heiney) McGrew ; grandson of Jacob and Sarah 
Heiney; great-grandson of Joseph and Elizabeth (Greiter) Heiney; 
great-great-grandson of Jacob Heiney, private Pennsylvania Conti- 
nental Artillery, commanded by Colonel Thomas Proctor; he partici- 
pated in several battles, among them Brandywine, Germantown, Mon- 
mouth and in Sullivan's Expedition, in 1779. 

WILLIAM J. McKEE. Bom in Madison, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 281 ; National No. 17256. Son of Robert 
S. McKee and Celine L. McKee ; grandson of William J. Lodge and 
Mary Grant LaMonde Lodge ; great-grandson of James LaMonde and 
Rebecca Boone (Grant) LaMonde; great-great-grandson of William 
Grant. William Grant was a member of Captain Robert Porter's Com- 
pany, of Tryon County, North Carolina ; private in Third North Caro- 
lina Regiment; member of Lieutenant-Colonel William L. Davidson's 
Company, Third North Carolina Regiment, 1779. See Records of Mili- 
tary Secretary's Office, War Department; Wheeler's History of North 
Carolina, page 368; Colonial Records of North Carolina, William L. 
Saunders, Secretary of State, Volume 10, page 252; North Carolina 
Historical and Genealogical Register, April, 1903, page 296. 

MOSES G. IMcLAIN. Born in Marion County, Indiana. Residence, In- 
dianapolis, Indiana. State No. 24; National No. 1624. Son of John 
McLain and Susannah McLain ; grandson of James IMcLain and Mary 
(Brenton) McLain; great-grandson of James Brenton, who was ap- 
pointed Major of militia in Monongahela County, Virginia, September 
14, 1779, by Patrick Henry, Governor of Virginia. 

JOHN M. MANSON. Bom in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 102; National No. 1702. Son of 
Mahlon D. and Caroline Manson ; grandson of David and Sarah 
(Cornwall) Manson; great-grandson of David Manson, private Penn- 
sylvania Militia, and of George Cornzvall, private Virginia troops. See 
below. 

*MAHLON D. MANSON. Born in Piqua, Ohio. Died February 4, 1S95. 
State No. 58; National No. 1658. Son of David and Sarah (Corn- 



94 ^ons! of tlie American Kebolution 

wall) Manson; grandson of David Manson, private in the bodyguard 
of General Washington; also serving under various enlistments from 
July, 1776, to January, 1778, from York County, Pennsylvania; he 
viras granted a pension for his services; great-grandson of George 
Cornwall, who was also a soldier from Virginia. See Records of the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District 
of Columbia. 

WILLIAM N. MANSON. Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Residence, 
Crawfordsville, Indiana. State No. 107; National No. 1707. Son of 
Mahlon D. and Caroline Manson; grandson of David and Sarah 
(Cornwall) Manson; great-grandson of David Manson, private Penn- 
sylvania Militia, and of George Cormvall, private Virginia troops, 
whose records are shown above. 

CHARLES LEE MASSEY. Born in Osborne, Ohio. Residence, Kansas 
City, Missouri. State No. 302; National No. 18127. Son of George 
Lockwood Massey and Ellen F. (Lee) Massey; grandson of Philip 
Lee and Nancy (North) Lee; great-grandson of Isaac Lee and Nancy 
(Lusk) Lee; great-great-grandson of Isaac Lee and Abigal (Good- 
rich) Lee; great-great-great-grandson of Isaac Lee, who served as 
Captain of the Train Band in the Sixth Regiment, Connecticut Militia ; 
Lieutenant-Colonel of the Fifteenth Regiment in October, 1767, and 
later appointed Colonel of the same regiment; he was also a member 
of the General Assembly, 1777-1791. See family correspondence and 
letters of Lee family historian. New Britain, Connecticut. 

CHARLES MARTINDALE. Born in New Castle, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 118; National No. 1718. Son of 
Elijah B. and Emma (Taylor) Martindale; grandson of Elijah B. 
and Elizabeth (Boyd) Martindale; great-grandson of Samuel Boyd, 
enlisted 1780, for twelve months, as private in Captain Thomas's 
Company, Colonel Robuck's South Carolina Regiment; enlisted 1781, 
for twelve months, as private in Captain Earle's Company, Colonel 
Hazen's South Carolina Regiment, and in 1782 served under Captain 
Duval, Colonel Pickens's South Carolina Regiment ; lost left eye in 
battle of Bush River. See Certificate of the Commissioner of Pen- 
sions under date of August 3, 1893. 

CURTIS BATES MATHER. Born in LaGrange, Indiana. Residence, 
Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 158; National No. 10133. Son of David 
and Elizabeth (White) Mather; grandson of Ira and Esther Naomi 
(Bates) White; great-grandson of Stephen and Naomi (Handy) 
Bates; great-great-grandson of Samuel Handy, Quartermaster-Ser- 
geant Second Connecticut Line. A copy of the discharge signed by 
General Washington shows that Samuel Handy served from May, 
1777, to June 9, 1783. The records also show that he was honored 
with the Badge of Merit for his six years of faithful service. The 




SAMUEL CALDWELL ^lEREDITH 

Born 1S07, Died 1899 

Son of John Wheeler Meredith 

Delaware Revolutionary Troops 



KecorD of Hfbolutionarp ^nccstorsi 95 

discharge, together with the gun carried bj^ Sergeant Handy, are in 
the possession of Rev. A. K. Bates, Lima, New York. 

HAMILTON A. MATTISON. Residence, Evansville, Indiana. State 
No. 10; National No. 1610. Son of Allen J. and Lucy Mattison ; 
grandson of Allen Matteson, who enlisted September, 1776; served 
three months as private, Captain Whitman's Company, Colonel Cook's 
Rhode Island Regiment; served four months in 1777, as private in 
Captain Roy's Company; two months in 1778, as Ensign in Captain 
Bennett's Company, and two months in 1779, as Sergeant in same 
company; applied for a pension August 9, 1832. See Records of De- 
partment of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District of 
Columbia. 

JAMES H. MAUZY. Born in New Salem, Indiana. Residence, San 
Antonio, Texas. State No. 113; National No. 1713. Son of Reuben 
D. and Rachel (Caldwell) Mauzy; grandson of Peter and Sally 
(Gooding) Mauzy; great-grandson of William Maujy, who served as 
private for a term of three months, in 1779, in Stafford County, Vir- 
ginia, Militia, Captain Roily Brown's Company, Colonel Garrard's 
Regiment; applied for pension September, 1832. See "Reminiscences 
of Fifty Years Ago," by Honorable Elijah Hackleman, Wabash, In- 
diana. 

GUSTAVUS V. MENZIES. Born in Boone County, Kentucky. Resi- 
dence, Mount Vernon, Indiana. State No. 162; National No. 10137. 
Son of Samuel G. Menzies ; grandson of William A. Menzies ; great- 
grandson of Samuel P. Menzies, Captain Virginia troops; pensioned. 
See Records of Pension Office, Washington, District of Columbia. 

^SAMUEL CALD'WELL MEREDITH. Born in Greene County, Penn- 
sylvania. Died February 9, 1899. State No. 43; National No. 1643. 
Son of John Wheeler Meredith, private, who, about the time of the 
outbreak of hostilities, was on a merchant vessel en route for Dela- 
ware, which was attacked by a British man-of-war; the vessel being 
captured, he and the crew were made prisoners. In a few days a 
French vessel recaptured him, from which he found his way to the 
Colonies. After recovering from wounds received in the engagement 
at sea, he enlisted as a private in the Continental Army, participating 
in the battle of Saratoga; also in the battle of Cowpens, January 17, 
1781, where he was again wounded, for which injuries he received a 
pension. 

SAMUEL MERRILL. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Long 
Beach, California. State No. 7; National No. 1607. Son of Samuel 
and Lydia Jane (Anderson) Merrill; grandson of Jesse Merrill, pri- 
vate, Samuel Merrill's Company, Massachusetts troops; great-grandson 
of Samuel Merrill, Captain Second Company at Haverhill, ]\Iassachu- 



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setts, of the Fourth Essex County Regiment; also great-grandson of 
Peter Dumont, Captain Commissary Second Battahon Somerset 
County, New Jersey, Militia. See Records in office of x\djutant- 
General of New Jersey. 

LE GRAND THEODOR MEYER. Born in Crown Point, Indiana. 
Residence, Hammond, Indiana. State No. 275; National No. 16125. 
Son of John H. Meyer and Margaret E. (Dittmer) Meyer; grandson 
of William H. Dittmer and Sarah Elizabeth (Carr) Dittmer; great- 
grandson of William Carr and Jane Elizabeth (McLane) Carr; great- 
great-grandson of William Carr, private soldier, under Captain Jacobs, 
Barnet and Thomson, South Carolina, who in the earlier part of the 
war served as home guard and later furnished supplies to the Conti- 
nental Army. See letter of Adjutant-General of South Carolina and 
affidavit of Mrs. Sarah E. Dittmer, No. 1307 Montgomery Street, 
Savannah, Georgia. 

HARRY MIESSE. Born in Decatur, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, 
Indiana. State No. 245; National No. 12897. Son of Israel J. Miesse 
and Emma E. Miesse; grandson of William Miesse and Elizabeth B. 
Miesse ; great-grandson of Joseph Miesse and Catherine Sells Miesse ; 
great-great-grandson of Daniel Miesse, who was a private in Captain 
Jacob Shambles' Sixth Company, Third Battalion of Berks County 
Militia, commanded by Colonel Michael Lindermuth, mustered into 
service May 17, 1777. See Pennsylvania Archives, Volume XIV, page 
276. 

ROBERT MILLARD. Born in Adrian, Michigan. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 165 ; National No. 10140. Son of Alfred 
Leonard and Harriet Evelyn (Truax) Millard; grandson of Jesse 
and Lucinda (Loomis) Millard; great-grandson of Abiather Millard, 
private Massachusetts Militia, serving under Lieutenant William Ford 
from August 16 to August 23, 1777; in Captain Ambrose Hill's Com- 
pany, Lieutenant-Colonel Miles Powell's Berkshire County Regiment, 
from July 18 to August 22, 1779; in Lieutenant Joel Stevens' Com- 
pany, Colonel David Rossiter's Regiment, from October 15 to Octo- 
ber 18, 1780; in same company and regiment from October 12 to Oc- 
tober 25, 1781. See Record Index to the Revolutionary War Archives, 
in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 
Volume 146, page 493; Volume 19, page 190; Volume 23, page 26; Vol- 
ume 22, page 213. 

WILLIAM A. MITCHELL. Born in Huntington County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Huntington, Indiana. State No. 199; National No. 11724. Son 
of Elijah and Elizabeth (Ireland) Mitchell; grandson of Flemming 
and Malinda (Morrison) Mitchell; great-grandson of Elijah A. 
Mitchell, private North Carolina Militia, who enlisted at Mecklen- 
burg, North Carolina, April 8, 1779, serving three months under Cap- 



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tain James Barr and Colonel McDowell; during 1780 he served as 
messenger under Captain Ezra Alexander and McKee ; he was granted 
a pension for his services. See Records of the Department of the In- 
terior, Bureau of Pensions, O. W. & N. Division, T. B. W. 2838, 
Revolutionary War. 

WILLIAM CAMPBELL MITCHELL. Born in Montgomery County, 
Indiana. Residence, Lafayette, Indiana. State No. 209; National No. 
13659. Son of Joseph and Louisa Mitchell; grandson of William and 
Sarah Mitchell ; great-grandson of Robert Mitchell, who was Drum 
Major of Captain Peter Bryan Bruin's Company of the regiment com- 
manded by Colonel Daniel Morgan, of the Eleventh, Seventh and Fif- 
teenth Regiments ; length of service from November 27, 1776, to May, 
1779. See Records of the War Department, Record and Pension 
Office, Washington, District of Columbia. 

ALONZO DALE MOFFETT. Born in Owen County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Elwood, Indiana. State No. 320; National No. 18145. Son of 
Hamilton and Asenath Moffett; grandson of Amos and Hannah Dil- 
lon ; great-grandson of John Croser, who enlisted from Delaware 
County, Pennsylvania, and served as Second Sergeant, Fugleman and 
Assistant Quartermaster or Wagonmaster under Captains Andrew 
Boon, William Price and Jacob Rudolph and Colonels Hugh Lloyd, 
John Hannum, William Medola and Caleb Davis. See Sur. File 
2150, O. W. and N. Division, Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Pensions; also family diary from 1730 to present time, in possession 
of I\Ir. Moffett. 

THOMAS T. MOORE. Born in Putnam County, Indiana. Residence, 
Greencastle, Ind. State No. 328; National No. 19403. Son of Thomas 
A. Moore and Elizabeth (Nugent) Moore; grandson of Thomas 
Moore, who was private and Sergeant in Captain Vance's Company of 
Colonel Dan Morgan's Regiment of the Ninth, afterward the Seventh 
Virginia Rifles ; he is said to have participated in the battle of Sara- 
toga, being in General Morgan's famous charge; he was in the battle 
of Guilford Courthouse, and probably in the battle of Cowpens ; he 
was honorably discharged from said service. See Records of Adjutant- 
General, of Washington, District of Columbia. 

CHARLES WASHINGTON MOORES. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 2; National No. 1602. 
Son of Charles W. and Julia D. (Merrill) Moores; grandson of 
Samuel Merrill and Jane (Anderson) Merrill; great-grandson of Jesse 
Merrill and Priscilla Kimball Merrill ; great-great-grandson of Samuel 
Merrill, who was Captain of the Second Company, at Haverhill, Massa- 
chusetts, of the Fourth Essex County Regiment, Samuel Johnson, 
Colonel, and present at Burgoyne's surrender; Jesse Merrill served 
in his father's company, and was with him at the surrender of Bur- 



98 ^onsf of tlje American Ketolution 

goyne; also great-great-grandson of Peter Dumont, Captain Commis- 
sary, Second Battalion Somerset County, New Jersey, Militia. See 
Records in Office of Adjutant-General State of New Jersey. 

MERRILL MOORES. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Indi- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 20; National No. 1620. Son of Charles W. 
and Julia D. (Merrill) Moores; grandson of Samuel and Lydia Jane 
^Anderson) Merrill; great-grandson of Jesse Merrill; great-great- 
grandson of Samuel Merrill; great-great-grandson of Peter Dumont, 
whose records are shown above. 

OTIS CURRIE MORGAN. Born in Huntington County, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Huntington, Indiana. State No. 210; National No. 13660. Son 
of John and Amanda (Currie) Morgan; grandson of Thomas and 
Katharine (Whitacre) Currie; great-grandson of Thomas Currie, who 
ran away from home at the age of fourteen and enlisted in a Vir- 
ginia regiment, July 14, 1777, and served during the war; he was pro- 
moted to the rank of Corporal in May of 1778. 

BERTRAND PAUL MOSSMAN. Born in Coesse, Indiana. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 140; National No. 1740. Son of 
William E. and Lois (Douglas) Mossman; grandson of Francis and 
Rhena (Conner) Mossman; great-grandson of William and Alcinda 
(Smallwood) Conner; great-great-grandson of Heaberd Smallwood, 
who served as Captain of Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment 
from March 4, 1777, resigning October 6, 1778. See Heitman's His- 
torical Register. 

DORRIS AUGUST MUIRHEAD. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 269; National No. 161 ig. 
Son of Alexander Muirhead and Harriett (Woodworth) Muirhead; 
grandson of Benjamin Studley Woodworth ?nd Diantha Burrit Wood- 
worth; great-grandson of Arad Woodworth and Deborah (Studley) 
Woodworth ; great-great-grandson of Benjamin Studley, private, ad- 
vanced to First Lieutenant in Captain Joseph Stetson's Company, 
Colonel Dyke's Regiment, December i, 1776. 

CHARLES POWEL MURPHEY. Born in New Castle, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, New Castle, Indiana. State No. 153; National No. 10128. Son 
of Eli and Rebecca (Carpenter) Murphey; grandson of Samuel and 
Mary (Mason) Carpenter; great-grandson of William Carpenter, who 
served as a private in Colonel Benjamin Holmes's Second Battalion, 
Salem County, New Jersey, Militia. See Certificate of the Adjutant- 
General of New Jersey. 

HARRY S. NEW. Born in IndianapoHs, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 33; National No. 1633. Son of John C. 
and Melissa (Beeler) New; grandson of John B. and Maria (Chal- 



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font) New; great-grandson of Jcthro Nczu, a Major in the Conti- 
nental Army, taking part in many of the battles ; he was one of the 
guards at the execution of Major Andre; for services he was given 
a grant of land in Southern Indiana ; also grandson of George Bcelcr, 
Captain Virginia troops. 

CHARLES HENRY NEWTON. Born in Cosumne, California. Resi- 
dence, St. Louis, Missouri. State No. 122; National No. 1722. Son 
of John Clark and Mary Jane (Chapman) Newton; grandson of John 
and Sarah (Clark) Newton; great-grandson of John Newton, who 
enlisted July 20, 1776, in Captain Smith's Company, and was dis- 
charged January 14, 1777; great-grandson of Jonathan Clark, who 
enlisted July, 1779, under Captain Daniel Allen, Colonel Levi Wells's 
Connecticut troops, serving eight months; enlisted again in 1781 and 
in 1782; application for pension filed July 26, 1832. See Records of 
the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, 
District of Columbia. Also "Connecticut Men in the Revolution." 

FREDERICK A. NEWTON. Born in Syracuse, New York. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 52; National No. 1652. Son of 
Henry Newton and Harriett Walbridge Newton; grandson of John 
Newton, who served as a private in Colonel Bradley's Battalion of 
Connecticut troops, and was one of the soldiers engaged in the erec- 
tion of Fort Trumbull. See William Hunt's "American Biographical 
Panorama" — John Newton. 

MASON JENKS NIBLACK. Born in Vincennes, Indiana. Residence, 
Vincennes, Indiana. State No. 167; National No. 10142. Son of Wil- 
liam E. and Eliza A. (Sherman) Niblack; grandson of John and 
Martha (Hargrave) Niblack; great-grandson of William and Sallie 
Hargrave; great-great-grandson of Thomas Hargrave, private Vir- 
ginia Militia, as shown below. 

*WILLIAM E. NIBLACK. Born in Dubois County, Indiana. Died May 
7, 1893. State No. 31 ; National No. 1631. Son of John and Martha 
(Hargrave) Niblack; grandson of William and Sallie Hargrave; 
great-grandson of Thomas Hargrave, a private soldier in a company 
of Virginia troops ; after serving considerable time, he became sick 
from disease contracted in the service, from which he died after reach- 
ing his home. 

WALTER CLAY NICHOLS. Born in Cambridge City, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Muncie, Indiana. State No. 231 ; National No. 14806. Son of 
Alfred Knapp Nichols and Celia (Smith) Nichols; grandson of Reu- 
ben Nichols and Joan Lewis (Bullard) Nichols; great-grandson of 
William Nichols and Sarah (Kimball) Nichols; great-great-grandson 
of Abraham Kimball, who was a private in Captain Hinsmon's Com- 
pany at the battle of Bunker Hill; also engaged in the battle of Ben- 



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nington, in which battle he was wounded; for this wound he was al- 
lowed half pay for two years; also the great-grandson of Seth Bul- 
lard, who was Captain of a Walpole, Massachusetts, Company in Colo- 
nel John Smith's Regiment, Massachusetts, April 19, and was commis- 
sioned Major of Colonel Ephraim Wheelock's Regiment, February, 
1776; in 1777 was commissioned Major in Colonel Benjamin Hawe's 
Regiment; he also served in Colonel John Daggett's Rhode Island 
Regiment; was also Muster Master for Suffolk County. See page 
788, Volume II, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors in Revolutionary 
War. 

MEREDITH NICHOLSON. Bom in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 26; National No. 1626. Son 
of Edward Willis and Emily Meredith (Nicholas) Nicholson; grand- 
son of Samuel Caldwell and Margaret (Ballard) Meredith; great- 
grandson of John Wheeler Meredith, who enlisted in March, 1777, for 
three years, participating in the battles of Saratoga and Cowpens, as 
shown under name of Samuel C. ]\Ieredith, above. 

*MORTIMER NYE. Born in Wadsworth, Ohio. Died July 6, 1901. 
State No. 181; National No. 11706. Son of Ira and Elizabeth Ann 
(Pardee) Nye; grandson of Sheldon and Sarah (Wisner) Pardee; 
great-grandson of Ebenezer and Anna (Minor) Pardee; great-great- 
grandson of Ebenezer Pardee, private Second Battalion Wadsworth's 
Brigade, Colonel Gray's Regiment Connecticut Militia. See Records 
at Washington, District of Columbia, and Genealogy of Pardee Fam- 
ily, published by Aaron Pardee, Wadsworth, Ohio. 

EUGENE H. OLDS. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 177; National No. 11702. Son of Henry 
G. and Caroline (Brooks) Olds; grandson of William H. and Anne 
Brooks; great-grandson of Reuben Brooks, private Massachusetts 
Militia, 1778-1782; great-great-grandson of Edward Brooks, Lieuten- 
ant, Leamed's Massachusetts Regiment, as shown above. A pensioner. 
See William H. Brooks. 

THATCHER ANSLEM PARKER. Born in Hutsonville, Illinois. Resi- 
dence, Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 304; National No. 18129. 
Son of Jacob Anslem Parker and Elizabeth (Wentworth) Parker; 
grandson of George Wentworth and Sophia L. Wentworth; great- 
grandson of Benjamin Wentworth and Olive (Cousins) Wentworth; 
great-great-grandson of Nathaniel Cousins, Lieutenant of Captain 
Hubbard's Company, Colonel Doolittle's Regiment, and of Captain 
Lord's Company, stationed at Falmouth; was also Captain in Second 
Company, Third Regiment Massachusetts Militia. See Massachusetts 
Soldiers and Sailors, No. IV, page 22, as Lieutenant, and L. K. H. 
Reg. Gen., page 21, as Captain and Major; Massachusetts Archives, 
Volume 164, page 123. 



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EARL HAMILTON PAYNE. Born in Rushville, Indiana. Residence, 
Rushville, Indiana. State No. 131 ; National No. 1731. Son of Edwin 
and Mary Francis (Mauzy) Payne; grandson of Abram G. and Emily 
(Jameson) Mauzy; great-grandson of Peter and Sally (Gooding) 
Mauzy; great-great-grandson of William Mauzy, a soldier in Captain 
Roily Brown's Company, Colonel Garrard's Regiment, of Stafford 
County, Virginia, Militia, serving three months in 1779; also in Sep- 
tember, 1780, under the same officer, being stationed at Stafford Court- 
House, until discharged; made application for pension September 30, 
1832. 

JAMES G. I. PENFIELD. Born in Warren, Pennsylvania. Residence, 
Huntington, Indiana. State No. 225; National No. 13675. Son of A. 
P. Penfield and Emily J. (Nesmith) Penfield; grandson of James 
Nesmith and Martha E. Nesmith ; great-grandson of John Nesmith 
and Hannah Shirley Nesmith; great-great-grandson of Jolm Nesmith, 
who was Captain and Lieutenant in New Hampshire Regiment. See 
Regimental Record, New Hampshire. 

LEMUEL FORD PERDUE. Born in Jeffersonville, Indiana. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 330; National No. 19405. Son of 
Jesse Perdue and Elizabeth Ford Perdue ; grandson of Lemuel Ford 
and Hannah (McDowell) Ford; great-grandson of Joseph McDozvell, 
who was captain of North Carolina Militia under his brother. Colonel 
Charles McDowell, in all of the battles up to King's Mountain, at 
which time he assumed command in the absence of the colonel, and 
retained that position and rank until the surrender of Cornwallis. He 
occupied the right in line of battle under Campbell, Shelby and Sevier, 
and for his gallantry has been termed by Draper, Wheeler, and other 
historians, "The Hero of King's Mountain." He also fought at Cow- 
pens and Yorktown. At the close of the war he was at different 
times a member of both branches of the State Legislative bodies — twice 
elected to Congress ; was a member or delegate to the North Carolina 
convention called to ratify the Federal Constitution, in which he bore 
a conspicuous part, and helped to defeat it and hold North Carolina 
out of the Union of States for more than two years, during which 
time North Carolina and Rhode Island were the Colonial Government 
and the eleven states were secessionists. His chief objection to rati- 
fying the new Constitution was his fear of too strong a government, 
he favoring the fullest and freest rights to all. Also great-great- 
grandson of Colonel George Moffett, who engaged in active service 
from the beginning to the close of the Revolution, serving with the 
rank of Colonel at King's Mountain, Guilford Court House and 
Cowpens. He not only served with honorable distinction in the In- 
dian wars and the Revolution, but also was prominent in civil affairs 
as well. See Henning's Statutes. Greene, Waddell, and all Virginia 
histories of the Revolution ; also Draper's "King's Mountain." 



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ARTHUR HENRY PERFECT. Born in Olive Green, Ohio. Residence, 
Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 318; National No. 18143. Son of 
Emory and Lucy Jane (Moyer) Perfect; grandson of William and 
Maria Stark Perfect; great-grandson of James Stark and Rebecca 
Rosecrans Stark; great-great-grandson of William Stark, who escaped 
with his family from the Wyoming massacre, July 3, 1778, to the 
friendly protection of the fort at Wilkesbarre, and there, as a patriot 
and civilian, took part in the engagement outside the fort in its de- 
fense; his name appears upon the Wyoming monument erected at 
Wyoming, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, as one of the survivors. 
After the battle he fled to Dutchess County, New York, and a little 
later he was enrolled in Colonel John Kennekerbecker's Regiment, 
Fourteenth New York Militia, attached to the Third Brigade. See 
"New York in the Revolution," Editions 1897, 1898, and 1901. 

CHARLES EDGAR POINDEXTER. Born in Jeffersonville, Indiana. 
Residence, Jefifersonville, Indiana. State No. 148; National No. 1748. 
Son of Gabriel and Mary F. (Willeg) Poindexter; grandson of John 
Fletcher and Paulina (Garner) Willeg; great-grandson of Barsilla 
Willeg, who enlisted as a private soldier at the age of fourteen, at 
Hartland, Hartford County, Connecticut, and again in 1783; he was 
present at Burgoyne's surrender; he was a pensioner at the time of 
his death. See Probate Order Book of Clark County, Indiana, Letter 
"E," page 567. 

*NELSON PRENTISS. Died January 2. 1894. State No. 4; National 
No. 1604. Son of Nathaniel Prentiss, private, who, when about thir- 
teen years of age, ran away from home and went to the army, where 
he obtained a position to some officer, supposed to be General Putnam ; 
being large for his age, he was soon after permitted to enter the serv- 
ice, in 1778 or 1779; he was at West Point and saw Major Andre 
executed; after his enlistment expired he shipped as a seaman on 
board a privateer chartered by the Governor of Connecticut; the ves- 
sel was captured and taken to New York, where the crew were im- 
prisoned in the prison ship Jersey; after suffering untold misery, they 
were taken to the Island of Jamaica, where they were kept until the 
close of the war, when they were told to shift for themselves ; he was 
granted a pension from March 4, 1831, dying January 23, 1839. See 
certificate signed by John Robb, Acting Secretary of War, and coun- 
tersigned by J. L. Edward, Commissioner of Pensions, under date of 
October 5, 1833. 

ANDREW A. PURMAN. Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 283 ; National 
No. 17258. Son of Samuel Purman and Rosana Purman; grandson 
of John Purman and Elizabeth Purman; great-grandson of John 
Poorman, private in Captain John C. Schott's Company, Von Otten- 
dorff Corps. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 11, 
page 94. 




NELSON PRENTISS 

Died 1894 

Son of Nathaniel Prentiss 

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RONALD RANDOLPH PURMAN. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. 
Residence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 274; National No. 16124. 
Son of Andrew Armstrong Purman and Elizabeth Purman ; grand- 
son of Samuel Purman and Rosana Purman ; great-grandson of 
John Purman and Elizabeth Purman; great-great-grandson of John 
Poorman, private in Captain John P. Schott's Company, Von Otten- 
dorff Corps. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 11, 
page 94- 

FRANK H. PYKE. Born in Peru, Indiana. Residence, Fort Wayne, In- 
diana. State No. 137; National No. 1737. Son of Charles W. and 
IMary B. (Haff) Pj'ke; grandson of John and Elizabeth (Babcock) 
Haff; great-grandson of Oliver and Anne (Heartt) Babcock; great- 
great-grandson of Oliver Babcock, First Lieutenant Third Company, 
Sixth Regiment, Colonel Parson's Continental Line; also served in 
Knowlton's Rangers; commissioned Ensign May i, 1775; promoted 
to Lieutenant July i, 1775; discharged December 10, 1775; re-entered 
service 1776 as First Lieutenant; taken prisoner November 16, 1776, at 
Fort Washington; exchanged about January i, 1777. See "Connecti- 
cut in the Revolution," pages 72,, 99, 122. 

JOHN A. RATLIFF. Born in Henry County, Indiana. Residence, Spice- 
land, Indiana. State No. 135; National No. 1735. Son of Cyrus and 
Elizabeth (Hoover) RatlifF; grandson of Phineas and Christie Ann 
(Rogers) Ratlifif; great-grandson of Needham and Catherine (Prov- 
ence) Rogers; great-great-grandson of John Provence (or Proven); 
private in Colonel Danielson's Regiment, Massachusetts Troops, as 
shown below. See Adolph Rogers. 

LEVI S. RATLIFF. Born in Henry County, Indiana. Residence, Indi- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 139; National No. 1739. Son of Cyrus 
and Elizabeth (Hoover) Ratliff; grandson of Phineas and Christie 
Ann (Rogers) Ratlifif; great-grandson of Needham and Catherine 
(Provence) Rogers; great-great-grandson of John Provence (or 
Proven), private in Colonel Danielson's Regiment, Massachusetts 
Troops, as shown below. See Adolph Rogers. 

BENJAMIN AUSTIN RICHARDSON. Born in Wolcott, New York. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 184; National No. 11709. 
Son of Lewis and Mary Jane (McElroy) Richardson; grandson 
of Nathan and Mary (Roberts) Richardson; great-grandson of 
Aaron Richardson, Captain Massachusetts Militia, who, leaving his 
wife and two small children, at the first call to arms, gathered a few 
followers, and, with them, marched to join the Company of Captain 
Phineas Cook, which Company afterwards became a part of the Regi- 
ment of Colonel Gardner, and of which Aaron Richardson became 
Ensign ; he was later promoted to the rank of Second Lieutenant and 



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finally to that of Captain ; his term of service was three years ; he was 
Selectman of Newton, Massachusetts, in 1 778-1 779-1 780; his death in 
1786 was supposed to be due to the exposure which he had suffered 
during his military service. See Richardson Memorial, by John Ad- 
ams Vinton; Officers of the Revolutionary Army; History of Woburn, 
by Reverend Samuel Small ; records in Nathan Richardson's family 
Bible, now in possession of family. 

BENJAMIN AUSTIN RICHARDSON, JR. Born in Indianapolis, 
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 300; National 
No. 17275. Son of Benjamin Austin Richardson and Lucinda E. (Car- 
penter) Richardson; grandson of Lewis Richardson and Mary J. (Mc- 
Elroy) Richardson; great grandson of Nathan Richardson and Mary 
(Roberts) Richardson ; great-great-grandson of Captain Aaron Rich- 
ardson, Ensign, Second Lieutenant and Captain Massachusetts Troops, 
War of the Revolution, as shown above; great-great-grandson of Na- 
than Carpenter, private Connecticut troops, as shown below. 

NATHAN HENRY RICHARDSON. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 262; National No. 161 12. 
Son of Benjamin Austin Richardson and Estelle (Carpenter) Richard- 
son; grandson of Lewis Richardson and Mary J. (McElroy) Richard- 
son; great-grandson of Nathan Richardson and Mary (Roberta) 
Richardson; great-great-grandson of Captain Aaron Richardson, En- 
sign, Second Lieutenant and Captain Massachusetts Troops, as shown 
above. Also great-great-grandson of Nathan Carpenter, as shown 
above. Also the grandson of Henry Reid Carpenter; great-grandson 
of Ira (Allen) Carpenter; great-great-grandson of Nathan Carpenter, 
a soldier of Fifth Company, Second Regiment, organized at Hartford, 
Conn. Mustered May 5th at Woodstock; discharged December 17, 
1775. This regiment took part at Roxbury and served during siege 
until expiration of term of service, December, 1775. (Adopted as 
"Continental" in July.) He was wounded at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 
in which engagement his brother was killed. Re-enlisted May 7, 1777, 
in Company of Captain Jonathan Parker in the "Connecticut Line'' 
and served along the Hudson under Putnam. November 14th was or- 
dered to join Washington's Army in Pennsylvania. December 8th en- 
gaged in sharp action of Whitemarsh. Wintered at Vallej^ Forge 
1777-78. Was present July 28th following at the Battle of Monmouth. 
Wintered 1778-79 with Second Connecticut Brigade, at Redding. 
Served on east side of Hudson in General Heath's wing during opera- 
tions of 1779. Wintered 1779-80 at Morristown and served on outposts. 
Served also as a private in Sixth Company, Third Battalion, Wads- 
worth Brigade under Captain Jonathan Parker Willington. This Bat- 
talion was raised June, 1776, to reinforce Washington at New York. 
He served in New York City and on Long Island, was caught in the 
retreat from the city September 15th; engaged in the Battle of White 
Plains, October 28th. Expiration of service December 25, 1776. Rec- 



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ord of Connecticut Men of the War of the Revolution, War of 1812 
and Mexican War, compiled by the authority of the General Assembly 
under direction of the Adjutants-General, Brigadier-General Stephen 
R. Smith (1885-6), Brigadier-General Frederick E. Camp (1887-8), 
Brigadier-General Lucius A. Barbour (1889), Colonel George M. 
White, Assistant, Adjutant-General from 1885. 

CLAUDE GRIFFITH RICHIE. Born in Indianapolis. Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 308; National No. 18133. 
Son of Isaac Newton Richie and Ella (Venemann) Richie; grandson 
of Joseph Venemann and Eliza Ellen (Akin) Venemann; great-grand- 
son of David Akin and Elizabeth Langren (Noble) Akin; great- 
great-grandson of David Akin, a private in the Revolutionary War, 
whose services are not detailed. See Documents of Colonial History 
of New York, Volume 15, page 312, second column, twelfth line, David 
Akin, Private ; Volume B, 25, 45, Indiana State Library. 

*ADDISON L. ROACHE. Born in Rutherford County, Tennessee. Died 
April 24, 1906. State No. 16; National No. 1617. Grandson of Stephen 
Roache, private soldier in service in North Carolina ; also grandson 
of Robert McCorkle, soldier. North Carolina Troops. Family tradi- 
tions furnish the above. Held land grant in Tennessee for military 
service. 

GUY SCOTT ROBIE. Born in Richmond, Indiana. Residence, Rich- 
mond, Indiana. State No. 207; National No. 13657. Son of William 
Jewett and Sarah Alice (Norris) Robie; grandson of Frederick Wil- 
liam Augustus and Lucinda Gilman (Fogg) Robie; great-grandson 
of Joseph and Judith (Gilman) Fogg; great-great-grandson of Ste- 
phen Fogg, private. New Hampshire Militia, who enlisted in Captain 
Stephen Clark's Company, November 22, 1775, and whose record 
shows numerous services rendered his country; his final discharge is 
dated October 25, 1780. New Hampshire State Papers, Vols. 15, 16. 
Revolutionary Rolls, part i, page 25. Also great-great-grandson of 
Bradbury Gilman, who enlisted from the Tenth Regiment of Militia in 
New Hampshire, commanded by Joseph Badger, and served as drum- 
mer in Second Regiment, Fourth Company, New Hampshire Volunteers 
(see State Papers of New Hampshire, Volume 16, and Revolutionary 
Rolls, Volume 3, page 273). Also the great-great-grandson of Philip 
Allen, a private in Jabez Ellis' Company, which marched on the alarm 
of April 19, 1775; he also served in Captain Jacob Ides' Company; 
the official record shows an order for wages dated July 5, 1776, for 
services in the alann caused by the battle of Bunker Hill. Phillip 
Allen also served in Captain Samuel Robinson's Company, Colo- 
nel Wade's Regiment, from June 21 to July 13, 1778 — twenty-two 
days; also twenty-one days in response to an alarm in Rhode Island; 
from March 25, 1779, to April 15, 1779, he served with rank of Sergeant 
in Captain Caleb Richardson's Company, Colonel John Hathaway's 



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Regiment; his name also appears on a descriptive list of men raised 
to reinforce the Continental Army, for the term of six months (1780), 
and also on the pay-roll for the same service. (See Massachusetts Sol- 
diers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War, Volume i, page 138; 
Muster Rolls, Volume 3, page 106, and Volume 49, page 84. Also the 
great-grandson of John Morris, of James, Dorchester County, Maryland, 
a private, whose name appears on the roster of Captain John Taylor's 
Company, No. 7, September 9, 1775; he served in Smallwood's Battal- 
ion, Maryland Troops, and in Lieutenant Armstrong's Company, Third 
Regiment, his name appearing on the pay-rolls of that Company for 
August, September and October, 1778; May 29, 1778, enlisted in Third 
Regiment, Maryland Line, and discharged April 4, 1779; substitute 
from St. Mary's County, August 2, 1781 ; the records show his discharge 
from two battalions of militia raised to serve in the year 1781. Court 
House Records, Bel Air, Maryland, and records in Military Secre- 
tary's office; Maryland Archives, Volume 8, page 411, Volume 18, 
pages 147 and 330, pages 384 and 411. 

WILLIAM JEWETT ROBIE. Born in Plymouth, New Hampshire. 
Residence, Richmond, Indiana. State No. 206; National No. 13656. 
Son of Frederick William Augustus and Lucinda Oilman (Fogg) 
Robie; grandson of Joseph and Judith (Oilman) Fogg; great-grand- 
son of Stephen Fogg, private, New Hampshire Militia, and great- 
grandson of Bradbury Gilnian, Drummer, Second Regiment, Fourth 
Company, New Hampshire Volunteers, as shown above. 

HENRY HARRISON ROBINSON. Residence, Chicago Illinois. State 
No. 14; National No. 1614. Son of James Hervey and Mary Crane 
(Meeker) Robinson; grandson of Obadiah and Jerusha Cook (Har- 
rison) Meeker; great-grandson of Obadiah Meeker, Captain New Jer- 
sey Light Horse, which formed a part of the escort of Washington 
to Elizabethtown Point. 

ADOLPH ROOERS. Born in Henry County, Indiana. Residence, New 
Castle, Indiana. State No. iii; National No. 1711. Son of William 
A. and Rachel (Draper) Rogers; grandson of Ezekiel and Elenor 
(Hinshaw) Rogers; great-grandson of Needham and Catherine (Prov- 
ence) Rogers; great-great-grandson of Johfi Provence (or Proven), 
who appears as private on Lexington Alarm Roll of Captain John 
Ferguson's Company, Colonel Timothy Danielson's Regiment, which 
marched April 20, 1775; he is also shown as having performed various 
other services with Massachusetts Troops, and was killed in battle 
during the war. See Certificate of Secretary of the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts. 

GEOROE WILLIAM ROGERS. Born in New Castle, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Washington, D. C. State No. 305; National No. 18130. Son 
of Adolph and Samantha Rogers ; grandson of William A. Rogers and 



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Rachel Rogers ; great-grandson of Ezekiel and Elenor Rogers ; great- 
great-grandson of Needham Rogers and Catherine (Provence) Rog- 
ers; great-great-great-grandson of John Provence (or Proven), whose 
record is given elsewhere. (See Adolph Rogers.) 

ROBERT T. ST. JOHN. Born in Covington County, Mississippi. Residence, 
Marion, Indiana. State No. 142; National No. 1742. Son of Samuel and 
Nancy (Darling) St. John; grandson of John St. John, who served 
three months as Corporal in Jabez Gregory's Company, Connecticut 
Militia, in 1776; as Second Lieutenant in Captain Northup's Com- 
pany, Colonel Silliman's Regiment, in 1776; as First Lieutenant in 
Colonel Philip Bradley's Regiment in 1777; was made Captain May 
25, 1777; served in engagements at German town, Monmouth and Stony 
Point, and was at Valley Forge; resigned May i, 1781 ; he was allowed 
a pension for services as Captain. See records in office of Adjutant- 
General, State of Connecticut, and of the Department of the Interior, 
Washington, District of Columbia. 

CHRISTOPHER S. SARGENT. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 292; National No. 17267. Son of 
Edward Sargent and Mary Jane (Smith) Sargent; grandson of 
Thomas Frazer Sargent and Helena (Bartow) Sargent; great-grand- 
son of Thomas Bartow, Jr., and Sarah (Benezet) Bartow; great-great- 
grandson of Daniel Benezet, a member of the First City Troop of 
Philadelphia. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume IX, 
pages 736, 710, 711; Scharf and Westcott's History of Philadelphia, 
Volume i, page 273; History of First City Troop, pages 172 and 179, 
Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume XIII, 740, 760; Gene- 
alogical Record of George Small — Daniel Benezet, etc. — by Samuel 
Small, Jr., Lippincott & Co. 

GEORGE PAULL TORRENCE SARGENT. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 270; National No. 16120. 
Son of Christopher Smith Sargent and Jane (Findlay) Torrence Sar- 
gent; grandson of James Findlay Torrence and Ann Rebecca (Find- 
lay) Torrence ; great-grandson of Thomas Findlay and Ann Perry 
Bell Findlay; great-great-grandson of Samuel Findlay, Quartermaster 
Sixth Battalion Cumberland County Associators, who took part in 
the battle of Guilford Court House and saw active service during the 
year 1778. (See Register of Wills Office, Carlisle, Cumberland County, 
Pennsylvania, File "S," Will of Lieutenant William Smith ; Heitman's 
Record of Officers of the Revolution ; Register of Officers of the Con- 
tinental Army.) Also great-grandson of Judge George Paull Tor- 
rence; great-great-grandson of Joseph Torrence, Second Lieutenant 
Seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Line, March, 1777; afterwards First 
Lieutenant of the same Regiment; served at Valley Forge, and was a 
member of the Continental Congress. Also the great-great-great-great- 



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grandson of John McDoivell, First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon 
Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line; Captain of Seventh Pennsylvania 
Regiment; commissioned Surgeon of Sixth Regiment, Pennsylvania 
Line. (See William Egle's (papers) State Library of Pennsylvania; 
Heitman's Record of Ofificers of the Revolution; Register of Officers 
of the Continental Army.) Also great-great-great-grandson of Rich- 
ard Brownson, M. D., Surgeon Sixth Battalion, Cumberland County 
Associators, commanded by Colonel Samuel Culbertson; served in the 
battle of Guilford Court House. See Kieth's "Ancestry of Benjamin 
Harrison." 

FREDERICK C. SCHEUCH. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. Residence, 
Missoula, Montana. State No. 145 ; National No. 1745. Son of Fred- 
erick Herman and Elizabeth C. (Lahr) Scheuch; grandson of Her- 
man and Georgine (Bauer) Scheuch; great-grandson of Jacob Bauer, 
First Lieutenant in German Regiment, July 8, 1776; Captain of Ot- 
tendorfif's Battalion, April 9, 1777; resigned September 22, 1777. See 
Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Revolutionary Army. 

*CHARLES E. SCOVILLE. Born in Watertown, New York. Died 
January 29, 1903. State No. 121; National No. 1721. Son of Harlov^r 
and Alzina ( Jillson) Sc'oville ; grandson of Levin and Chloe Comstock 
(Ballou) Jillson; great-grandson of Reuben Ballou, who was com- 
missioned Captain on the recommendation of the General Assembly 
held for the Colony of Rhode Island at Newport on third Monday in 
August, 1776; also Captain of the Second Company of Militia from 
the town of Cumberland, Rhode Island ; he entered the service soon 
after the battle of Bunker Hill; later he was Major and served till 
the end of the war. See Colonial Records of Rhode Island, Volume 
7, pages 596-600, and Volume 8, page 65; History of the State of 
Rhode Island, by S. G. Arnold, Volume 2, page 391 ; The "Ballous in 
America," by Adin Ballou, 1888, pages 218 and 219. 

LEVI L. SIMONS. Born in Huntington County, Indiana. Residence, 
Warren, Indiana. State No. 228; National No. 14803. Son of Wil- 
liam Simons and Anna M. Simons ; grandson of Adriel Simons and 
Patty (Merritt) Simons; great-grandson of Adriel Simons, who 
served as private in Captain Vine Elderkin's Company, Connecticut 
Regiment, and also in Captain Chamberlain's Company and Lieuten- 
ant-Colonel Holdrige's Company. See D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 
2ZZ77- 

FRANK PELTON SLEEPER. Born in Niagara Falls, New York. Resi- 
dence, Peru Indiana. State No. 216; National No. 13666. Son 
of Benjamin Frank and Mary Jane (Pelton) Sleeper; grandson of 
Benjamin F. and Sarah (George) Pelton; great-grandson of David 
and Alletta (Shepard) George; great-great-grandson of Elisha and 
Alletta (Smock) Shepard; great-great-great-grandson of John Smock, 



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Lieutenant-Colonel Monmouth County, New Jersey, iMilitia. The rec- 
ords first show him with the rank of Captain in the First Regiment, 
Monmouth County, New Jersey, Militia, in 1777; he was promoted to 
the rank of Major and in March of 1778 to Lieutenant-Colonel; on 
May 2"], 1778, he was taken prisoner and held on Long Island until 
exchanged; on June 7, 1780, he was commissioned Lieutenant-Colonel 
of Colonel Asher Holmes' Battalion, New Jersey State Troops. Elisha 
Shcpard, Captain in Third Regiment Monmouth County, New Jersey. 
Militia 1776-1778; private and sergeant, in Captain Hunn's Company, 
First Regiment Monmouth County, N. J., Militia ; prisoner of war 1782. 
See records in the office of Adjutant-General, State of New Jersey. 

OSKALOOSA M. SMITH, Colonel, U. S. A., retired. Bom in Indianap- 
olis, Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 232 ; Na- 
tional No. 2144. Son of Isaac Smith and Eliza J. W. Smith ; grandson 
of Benjamin Smith and Lydia Emery Smith; great-grandson of JoJin 
Emery, who was a private in Captain Nathan Hale's Company, New 
Hampshire Troops; also in Colonel Enoch Hale's Regiment, New 
Hampshire Troops, in 1777 and 1778. (See record on file in Adjutant- 
General's office, State of New Hampshire.) Also the great-great-grand- 
son of Josiah Bartlctt, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, 
and who, in civil positions, materially assisted in the prosecution of 
the War of Independence. See Volume 3, pages 135 to 165, Sanderson's 
"Lives of Signers of the Declaration of Independence." 

DONN V. SIMYTHE. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 190; National No. 11715. Son of William 
H. and Elizabeth J. Smythe; grandson of Edward and Elizabeth 
(Glazebrook) Smythe; great-grandson of William and Rhoda Glaze- 
brook; great-great-grandson of Julius Glazebrook, private, Virginia 
Militia, as shown below. 

ELMER A. SMYTHE. Born in Greencastle, Indiana. Residence, Indi- 
anapolis, Indiana. State No. 150; National No. 1750. Son of William 
H. and Elizabeth Jane Smythe; grandson of Edward and Elizabeth 
(Glazebrook) Smythe; great-grandson of William and Rhoda Glaze- 
brook; great-great-grandson of Julius Glazebrook, private in Virginia 
Troops, as shown below. 

*WILLIAM H. SMYTHE. Bom in Putnam County, Indiana. Died Au- 
gust 5, 1902. State No. 136; National No. 1736. Son of Edward and 
Elizabeth (Glazebrook) Smythe; grandson of William and Rhoda 
Glazebrook ; great-grandson of Julius Glazebrook, private in Captain 
Thomas Williams' Company, Virginia Troops, for five months, from 
June ID, 178a Served three months, in 1781, in Virginia, in Captain 
Andrew Wallace's Company. See records of Department of the In- 
terior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District of Columbia, a copy 
of which statement is in possession of family. 



110 ^ons of t\)t ^mttic^n Hebolution 

*DAVID E. SNYDER. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Died No- 
vember 25, 1895. State No. 17; National No. 1617. Son of George 
Crosby and Eleanor (Donaldson) Snyder; grandson of Philip Snyder, 
who was appointed, August 21, 1777, as Ensign of a Company in Sixth 
Pennsylvania Regiment; the original commission is signed by John 
Hancock, president, and Charles Thompson, secretary of the National 
Congress. Above data furnished by family records and official docu- 
ments in possession of the family. 

HENRY VANDERBURGH SOMES. Residence, Vincennes, Indiana. 
State No. 9; National No. 1609. Son of Joseph and Frances Sidney 
(Vanderburgh) Somes ; grandson of Henry Vanderburgh, who, at the 
age of sixteen, was appointed a Lieutenant in the Fifth New York 
Regiment, dating November 21, 1776; his commission was signed by 
John Jay, then president of the Continental Congress ; he was reap- 
pointed by John Hancock, President of the Congress, June 20, 1779; 
and September 30, 1780, was appointed Captain of Second Regiment 
Continental Troops raised in New York, serving until the close of the 
war in 1783. Member of the Society of the Cincinnati. 

JAMES E. SOMES. Residence, Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 19; 
National No. 1619. Son of Joseph and Frances S. (Vanderburgh) 
Somes ; grandson of Henry Vanderburgh, Second Lieutenant and Cap- 
tain of New York Troops, as shown above. 

JOSEPH F. SOMES. Born in Vincennes, Indiana. Residence, Vincennes, 
Indiana. State No. 171 ; National No. 10146. Son of Henry Vander- 
burgh and Mary Elizabeth (Bayard) Somes; grandson of Joseph and 
Frances S. (Vanderburgh) Somes; great-grandson of Henry Vander- 
burgh, Captain Second New York Continental Regiment, as shown 
above. 

EMORY WALDO SPENCER. Born in Port Huron, Michigan. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 329; National No. 19404. Son 
of Waldo Howard and Hattie Irene Spencer; grandson of John Her- 
vey and Ellen (Whitcomb) Spencer; great-grandson of John and 
Lydia (Fletcher) Spencer; great-great-grandson of Peter Fletcher, a 
private with the following service : Marched from near Ipswich to 
Cambridge on the alarm of the battle of Concord, April 20, 1775, serv- 
ice five days ; re-enlisted December 5, 1776, in Captain Francis, Town's 
Company, Gilman's Regiment of New Hampshire Militia, serving 
three months and eight days; in October and November of 1776, en- 
listed in Hale's Regiment, New Hampshire Militia, serving eleven 
days; -June 29, 1777, enlisted in Captain Josiah Brown's Company, 
same Regiment, serving five days; September 20, 1777, enlisted in 
Captain Stephen Parker's Company, Nichol's Regiment, two months 
and two days ; August 10, 1778, in Captain Robert Fletcher's Company, 



Hfcoro of KeUolutionar\? Simtitoxs m 

Hale's Regiment New Hampshire Militia, twenty-one days. See rec- 
ords of Pension Office, Washington, District of Columbia, and certifi- 
cate of F. S. Ainsworth. 

HORACE CHIPMAN STARR. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 326; National No. 19401. Son of 
William C. and Anna Maria (Chipman) Starr; grandson of Horace 
Darius Chipman ; great-grandson of Darius Chipman, a private soldier 
in Vermont, with service as follows: July 4 to December 6, 1777, pri- 
vate in Captain Ebenezer Allen's Company, Colonel Samuel Herrick's 
Regiment, Vermont Rangers; November 7 to November 13, 1778, pri- 
vate in Captain Spofford's Company, Colonel Gideon Warner's Regi- 
ment, Vermont Militia; June 10, June 11, 1781, same Company, Colo- 
nel Ebenezer Allen's Regiment, Vermont Militia ; October 24 to Octo- 
ber 30, 1 781, private in Captain Orange Train's Company, Colonel 
Lee's Regiment, Vermont Militia. Tradition says that Darius Chip- 
man served at Lexington and Ticonderoga, and thrilling experiences 
are related as having occurred at those places. See Vermont Revolu- 
tionary Rolls, pages 45, 95, 380 and 474. 

JOHN D. STEELE. Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Residence, Terre 
Haute, Indiana. State No. 285; National No. 17260. Son of Price C. 
Steele and Eliza (Tune) Steele; grandson of William T. Tune and 
Christina (Morton) Tune; great-grandson of Jacob Morton and Anna 
Fischer Morton ; great-great-grandson of Meschak Morton ; great- 
great-great-grandson of George Morton ; great-great-great-great- 
grandson of John Morton, member of Continental Congress and 
signer of the Declaration of Independence. 

THEODORE PELLETREAU EBERT STEIN. Born in Indianapolis, 
Indiana. Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 21 ; National 
No. 1621. Son of Ernest Christian Frederick Stein and Catherine 
Elizabeth Stein (nee Kurzrock) ; grandson of Ernest Christian Clem- 
ens (von und zum) Stein and Maria Amalia Stein (nee Ebert) ; great- 
grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Betsy) Pelletreau Ebert and John Ebert; 
great-great-grandson of John Elias Pelletreau, who was a private sol- 
dier in Captain Zephaniah Rogers' Company of the Suffolk County, N. 
Y., Minute Men, commanded by Colonel Josiah Smith ; this company 
took part in the battle of Flatbush or Long Island (now in the heart 
of the city of Brooklyn) and also in the battle of Monmouth. A paper 
containing the signature of John Elias Pelletreau pledging his support 
to the patriot cause in May, 1775, is on file in the New York State 
Library; see pages 166 and 167 of a manuscript volume, entitled "Vol- 
ume 30 Associations"; see also history of Southampton, Long Island, 
by W. S. Pelletreau ; also page 20 of Volume 28 of Marriage Bonds 
in the State Library at Albany, N. Y. It is of interest to note that 
Mr. Stein's great-grandfather, John Ebert, was Assistant Commissary- 
General of the Hessian Army on the staff of General Baron von Knyp- 



112 ^ons; of t^e ^metic^n Htbolution 

Hansen, participating in the Battle of Long Island with John Elias 
Pelletreau, but on the opposite side. See "Our Allies," a Hessian work 
relative to the Hessian Auxiliary troops, by von Eelking. 

THOMAS LUTZ STITT. Born in Wabash, Indiana. Residence, Wa- 
bash, Indiana. State No. 124; National No. 1724. Son of William 
Simpson and Mary (Lutz) Stitt; grandson of Reuben and Anne 
(Major) Lutz; great-grandson of Frederick and Katherine (Houser) 
Lutz ; great-great-grandson of Frederick Luts, who, in the capacity 
of Ensign in Yost Dreisbach's Battalion of Northampton County As- 
sociators, took the field in August, 1776, and in the latter part of that 
month took part in the battle of Long Island under General Mifflin ; 
he was with Washington's Army in its retreat to White Plains and 
in its flight through New Jersey. See records of the State Library of 
Pennsylvania. 

HENRY KEYS STORMONT. Born in Albion, Illinois. Residence, Terre 
Haute. State No. 327; National No. 19402. Son of Gilbert R. and 
Kate Keys Stormont; grandson of James M. and Katherine (Hand) 
Keys ; great-grandson of Jasper and Phoebe Hand ; great-great-grand- 
son of General Edward Hand. General Edward Hand came to Amer- 
ica in the 8th Royal Irish Regiment in the year 1774 as surgeon's mate. 
On his arrival in this country he resigned this position and settled in 
Pennsylvania. At the outbreak of the Revolution he tendered his 
services to the colonies and was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel of the 
First Pennsylvania Riflemen and participated in the early engagements 
of the war, including the siege of Boston. In 1776 he was made Colo- 
nel and led the regiment in the Battle of Long Island and also at 
Trenton. In April, 1777, he was appointed Brigadier-General and in 
October, 1778, he succeeded General Stark in command at Albany. 
He was an active participant in General Sullivan's campaign against the 
Indians in 1779. Near the close of the year 1790, General Hand was 
appointed Adjutant-General on General Washington's staff and served 
in that capacity until the close of the war. He was with Washington 
at the crossing of the Delaware, at the Battle of Trenton, December 26, 
1776, under the immediate command of General Washington. He was 
a member of Congress 1784-5 and assisted in the formation of the 
constitution of Pennsylvania. See Harper's Popular Cyclopedia of 
United States History, by Lossing, Vol. i, page 612. Bryant's Popular 
History of the United States, page 4, 528, 530 and 531, Vol III. Army 
. and Navy Register, Hammersly, page 37. Bancroft's United States 
Flistory. Complete Army and Navy History. 

*CHARLES BUSH STRICKLAND. Born in New Castle. Indiana. Died 
IMarch i, 1898. State No. 129; National No. 1729. Son of Frederick 
Otis and Mary Louisa (Bush) Strickland; grandson of Charles Henry 
and Martha Jane (Otis) Strickland ; great-grandson of Sylvester and 
Mary (Craft) Strickland; great-great-grandson of Moses Craft, pri- 



HecorD of Hrtjolutionar^ 2inct&tot& 113 

vate in Lieutenant John IMareau's Company, which marched on the 
Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775; Corporal in Captain Phinehas Cook's 
Company, Lieutenant-Colonel William Bond's Regiment, in 1775; 
private in Captain Fuller's Company in 1776; private in Captain Kirk- 
land's Company in 1777. See Volume 12, File 20, Volume 56, File 256, 
Volume 57, File 26, Volume 19, File 94, Volume 20, File 129, State 
Archives of Massachusetts. 

JAMES SULGROVE. Bom in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Cho- 
teau, Montana. State No. 30 ; National No. 1630. Son of Berry Robin- 
son and Mary Moore (Jameson) Sulgrove; grandson of Thomas and 
Sally (Humphrey) Jameson; great-grandson of Thomas Jameson, who 
first served as a militiaman six months prior to enlisting in Company 
H, Morgan's Brigade of Virginia, from Henry County or court- 
house ; he was a pensioner at the time of his death, in 1830. 

CLARENCE SCOTT SWANN. Born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 77; National No. 1677. Son 
of Scott and Henrietta (Burchfield) Swann ; grandson of Samuel C. 
and Margaret (Barnett) Burchfield; great-grandson of Joseph Bar- 
nett, Second Lieutenant Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Associators. 
See Volume 13, Second Series, Pennsylvania Archives, page 11. 

*HANNIBAL TAFFE. Born in Marion County, Indiana. Died March 
19, 1895. State No. 87; National No. 1687. Son of George and Cath- 
erine (Harrod) Tafife ; grandson of Thomas Harrod; great-grandson 
of William Harrod, Captain under George Rogers Clark. (See page 
19, Volume I, Collins' History of Kentucky; also page 12 of same 
volume.) Also grandson of James Taff, private Westfall's Virginia 
Company and Morgan's Rifle Corps, who participated in the engage- 
ment at Brunswick and the capture of Burgoyne ; he was granted a 
pension at the age of sixty-three years. See Certificate of the Com- 
missioner of Pensions, under date of June 7, 1894. 

TRAFFORD BRASEE TALLMADGE. Born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 316; National No. 18141. 
Son of Frank Tallmadge and May (Hedges) Tallmadge ; grandson of 
Theodore Wood Tallmadge and Ellen (Brasee) Tallmadge; great- 
grandson of John Trafford Brasee and Mary Jane (Schofield) Brasee; 
great-great-grandson of Elnathan Schofield and Drucilla (Reid) Scho- 
field; great-great-great-grandson of John Reid and Charity (Cresap) 
Reid ; great-great-great-great-grandson of Thomas Cresap, Jr., and Dru- 
cilla Van Swearingen Cresap ; great-great-great-great-great-grandson 
of Thomas Cresap, Colonel of Provincials from 1730 to 1770; held a 
commission under Lord Baltimore from 1770 to 1771, and surveyed 
the western boundary of Maryland; was a member of the House of 
Burgesses, and a member and one of the founders of the Ohio Com- 



114 ^ons( of tt\t American Kefaolution 

pany ; was a member of the Committee of Safety of Frederick County, 
Maryland; in 1775 he raised money and troops for the Revolutionary 
Cause. See Scharf's History of Maryland. 

CHARLES SHERIDAN TARLTON. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Residence, First United States Infantry, U. S. A. State No. 250; Na- 
tional No. 14825. Son of James A. Tarlton and Augusta (Randall) 
Tarlton; grandson of Hiram P. Randall and Lucy (Smith) Randall; 
great-grandson of Samuel Randall and Sarah (Page) Randall; great- 
great-grandson of Nathaniel Page, who served as minute man, being 
colorbearer or cornet, Massachusetts Troops ; was in service at Con- 
cord and Lexington. See list of Revolutionary Soldiers whose graves 
are designated by S. A. R. markers — Massachusetts Year Book for 
1901 ; also History of Bedford, Massachusetts, by Abram English 
Brown. 

HAROLD TAYLOR. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, Indian- 
apolis, Indiana. State No. 117; National No. 1717. Son of Napoleon 
B. and Catharine (Brown) Taylor; grandson of Robert A. and Mary 
Taylor; great-grandson of Robert Taylor; enrolled October, 1779, from 
Boonsboro, Virginia, under Captain John Constant; in 1780 was called 
to go in pursuit of Indians under Captain John Holder and Colonel 
Logan, and joined forces of General George Rogers Clark; in Febru- 
ary, 1781, was enrolled and drafted for three months' service as Or- 
derly Sergeant under Captain George Bell; participated in the siege 
of Yorktown; was present at the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, and 
was granted a pension. See certificate of Deputy Commissioner of 
Pensions, Charles P. Lincoln, dated October 13, 1891. 

RICHARD GILLSON THOMPSON, JR. Born in Lyons, Iowa. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 67; National No. 1667. Son 
of Richard and Sarah Anna (Harris) Thompson; grandson of David 
and Anna (Sisson) Harris; great-grandson of Feleg Sisson, who en- 
listed in the spring of 1776 under Captain John Salisbury, Colonel 
Van Ness, New York Troops ; also served as Sergeant for nine months 
under Captain Cornelius Hogboom; was in several engagements with 
the British Army under Burgoyne; he was granted a pension in 1832. 
See Records of the Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, 
Washington, District of Columbia. 

*LEVI LUTHER TODD. Born in Fayette County, Kentucky. Died No- 
vember 16, 1901. State No. 108; National No. 1708. Son of Levi 
Luther and Sally (Ashly) Todd; grandson of Robert Todd, Captain 
under General George Rogers Clark, in campaigns against the British 
posts northwest of the Ohio River; grandson of Captain Nathaniel 
Ashby, who served in the Continental Army from Virginia. See Heit- 
man's Historical Register, Washington, 1893, page 401. 



HfcorD of Kftjolutionar^ Znctatots 115 

WILBUR TOPPING. Born in Belmont County, Ohio. Residence, Terre 
Haute, Indiana. State No. 239; National No. 14814. Son of Henry 
Topping and Mary (Tallman) Topping; grandson of John C. Tall- 
man and Ellen (Rine) Tallman ; great-grandson of Peter Tallman and 
Sarah (Berry) Tallman; great-great-grandson ol James Tallman, who 
enlisted in the Eleventh Virginia Regiment, Continental Line, at the 
beginning of the war. This Regiment was incorporated in Woodford's 
Brigade and participated in all of Washington's operations in New 
Jersey and about Philadelphia after February of 1777', in 1780 it was 
sent south and took part in the Carolina campaigns under Greene and 
was present at Yorktown. James Tallman served to the end of the 
war. See Original Bounty Land Warrant No. 8243, General Land 
Office, July 27, 1819; also Saffel's Record of RevoUuionary War, page 
263 ; Records of War Department, and Tallman family records. 

*GEORGE ELLIS TOWNLEY. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Died Septem- 
ber 17, 1900. State No. 127; National No. 1727. Son of George Wash- 
ington and Phebe (Vannice) Townley; grandson of Edward Tomnley, 
private in Captain Christopher Marsh's Company, Light Horse, New 
Jersey Militia. See Stryker's New Jersey Militia. 

HENRY PRICE TOWNLEY. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Residence, 
Terre Haute, Indiana. State No. 243; National No. 14818. Son of 
Major James Townley and Harriet Allen Townley; grandson of Ed- 
ward Tozunlcy, a private in Captain Christopher Marsh's Company of 
Light Horse, Essex County, New Jersey Militia. See Stryker's New 
Jersey Militia. 

MORRIS MACDONALD TOWNLEY. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 159; National No. 10134. 
Son of George Ellis and Alice A. Townley ; grandson of George Wash- 
ington and Phoebe (Vannice) Townley; great-grandson of Edward 
Townley, private Essex, New Jersey, Light Horse, as shown above. 

LOUIS F. TRACY. Born in Johnson County, Indiana. Residence, White- 
land, Indiana. State No. 258; National No. 16108. Son of Mathew 
J. Tracy and Susan M. Tracy; grandson of James Tracy and Mary 
(Tanner) Tracy; great-grandson of Josiah Tanner, Lieutenant of 
Horse, South Carolina Militia ; wounded at battle of King's Mountain ; 
also served under Captain McBee and Colonel Roebuck. See Record, 
Pension Department, J. R. W. 9503, and No. 11 50, Book X, Records 
of Secretary of State's office, Columbia, South Carolina. 

MATHEW J. TRACY. Born in Johnson County, Indiana. Residence, 
Whiteland, Indiana. State No. 237; National No. 14812. Son of 
James Tracy and Mary (Tanner) Tracy; grandson of Josiah Tanner, 
who served under Captain McBee, Colonel Roebuck's Regiment, South 



116 fe)ons( of t\)t American Kebolutton 

Carolina ; was wounded at the battle of King's Mountain ; widow pen- 
sioned. See Pension Bureau Records, J. R. W. No. 9503, Widows 
Revolutionary War, O. W. & N. Division. 

*ATWATER JOSEPH TREAT. Born in Orange, Connecticut. Died 
April 22, 1902. State No. 92; National No. 1692. Son of Alfred and 
Catharine (Clark) Treat; grandson of Jonah and Rebecca Treat; 
great-grandson of Samuel Treat, Captain and Major of Second Com- 
pany, Second Regiment, Connecticut Troops, 1775 to 1779. See Con- 
necticut Men in the Revolutionary War and Genealogy of the Treat 
Family. 

HORACE E. TUNE. Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Residence, Terre 
Haute, Indiana. State No. 284; National No. 17259. Son of William 
T. Tune and Christina (Morton) Tune; grandson of Jacob Morton 
and Anna (Fischer) Morton; great-grandson of Meschack Morton; 
great-great-grandson of George Morton ; great-great-great-grandson of 
John Morton, member of Continental Congress and signer of the Dec- 
laration of Independence. 

HERMAN CLAY TUTTLE. Born in Sullivan, New York. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 94; National No. 1694. Son of 
Reuben Bushnell and Armenia (Bushnell) Tuttle; grandson of 
Ephraim and Sylvia (Bushnell) Tuttle; great-grandson of Charles 
Tuttle, private, who enlisted in Wallingford, Connecticut; was at the 
battle of Bunker Hill, and served for five years in the Revolutionary 
Army; was with General Gates at the surrender of Burgoyne; great- 
great-grandson of Jehiel Tuttle, Lieutenant in the French War, and in 
the expedition against Ticonderoga and Crown Point; was wounded 
and died in camp in 1759; great-great-great-grandson of Daniel Tuttle, 
captain of militia in Wallingford, Connecticut, in 1738. See Record of 
Services of Connecticut Men in the War of the Revolution, published 
by the State, Hartford, 1889, pages 42 and 409; also History of the 
Tuttle Family, page 459. 

MORTON TUTTLE. Born in Lafayette, Indiana. Residence, Hunting- 
ton, Indiana. State No. 192; National No. 11717. Son of Chauncey 
Clark and Mary Ann (Stites) Tuttle; grandson of Chester and Char- 
lotte (Stevens) Tuttle; great-grandson of Gershom and Pamelia 
(Clark) Tuttle; great-great-grandson of Gershom Tuttle, private New 
Hampshire Militia, who enlisted July 4, 1776, at Wetherford, New 
Hampshire. The records also show that Gershom Tuttle served in the 
Second Regiment of Light Dragoons, Continental Troops, 1782 and 
1783. ^ A muster roll of Captain Samuel Wetherbe's Company in 
Colonel Isaac Wyman's Regiment, sent to reinforce the army in Can- 
ada, July, 1776, shows Gershom Tuttle as a private. (See Records of 
Pension Office, Washington, District of Columbia; also of Adjutant 
General's Office, Hartford, Connecticut, Concord, New Hampshire, and 



UfcorD of Hffaolutionar^ ^nctstora 117 

Trenton, New Jersey.) Also grandson of Benjamin and Catherine 
(Littleton) Stites; great-grandson of Elijah Stites, private Captain 
Merrell's Company, First Regiment, New Jersey Militia; participated 
in battles of Amboy, Piscataway, Monmouth, Quibblctown and Lyons 
Farm. 

RICHARD BUSH NELL TUTTLE. Born in Sullivan, New York. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 95 ; National No. 1695. Son of 
Reuben Bushnell and Armenia (Bushnell) Tuttle; grandson of 
Ephraim and Sylvia (Bushnell) Tuttle; great-grandson of Charles 
Tuttle and Daniel Tuttle, as shown in record of Herman C. Tuttle, 
above. 

*WILLIAM ALLEN VAN BUREN. Born in Watertown, New York. 
Died April 14, 1906. State No. 53 ; National No. 1653. Son of James 
S. and Harriet A. (Stebbins) Van Buren; grandson of Peter and 
Abigail (Mudge) Van Buren; great-grandson of Jarvis Mudge, who, 
in 177s, was Captain of a company of minute men, serving in three 
campaigns in the war in the Fifth Company of Colonel Goose Van 
Schaack's Albany, New York, Regiment. See New York Provincial 
Congress, Volume 2, page 97; also History of ]\Iudge Famil}', Boston, 
1868. 

RAYMOND PATTERSON VAN CAMP. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 185; National No. 11710. 
Son of Cortland and Fannie A. (Patterson) Van Camp; grandson of 
Samuel and Patsy (Wilson) Patterson; great-grandson of Isaac 
Wilson, Member of Watauga Association of North Carolina in 1776. 
See Ramsey's "Annals of Tennessee." 

BUDD VAN SWERINGEN. Born in Navarre, Ohio. Residence, Fort 
Wayne, Indiana. State No. 164; National No. 10139. Son of Hiram 
and Elna M. (Hanna) Van Sweringen; grandson of George W. and 
Lucinda (Hurford) Sweringen; great-grandson of Samuel Swear- 
ingen. Ensign Frederick County, Maryland, Militia, in Twenty-ninth 
Battalion. See Certificate of William O. Mitchell, Commissioner of the 
Land Office of Maryland. 

HAROLD W. VROOMAN. Born in Kokomo, Indiana. Residence, Ko- 
komo, Indiana. State No. 295 ; National No. 17270. Son of Addison 
Vrooman and Priscilla Vrooman; grandson of David Vrooman and 
Lucinda Vrooman; great-grandson of Samuel Vrooman and Mary 
Vrooman; great-great-grandson of Bartholomew Vroman, private 
under Captain George Richtmyer in Colonel Peter Vrooman's Regi- 
ment of Militia of the united districts of Schoharie and Daunesburgh 
in the County of Albany, New York; also Sergeant under Ensign 
Peter Swart in said regiment; also private under Sergeant Albartus 
Becker in said regiment; also a Corporal under Captain Jacob Hager, 



118 ^onst of t|)e American Ketiolution 

Lieutenant Cornelius Feeck and Lieutenant Ephraim Vroman, offi- 
cers of one of the companies of militia in the above named regiment 
commanded by Colonel Peter Vrooman. (See page 8i of manuscript 
volume, "Certificates of Treasurer, Volume 3," in the custody of the 
Regents of the University of the State of New York, in the State 
Library; also pages 154-157 of a manuscript volume entitled "Assem- 
bly Papers, Volume 16," in the said State Library.) Also the great- 
great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vrooman, who served as a Corporal 
under Captain George Hogan in Colonel Phillip P. Schuyler's Regiment 
of Militia of Rensselaerwyck in the County of Albany, New York. See 
Records of the New York State Library, Albany, New York. 

WILLIAM WALLACE WADSWORTH. Born in Shinnston, Virginia. 
Residence, Muncie, Indiana. State No. 310; National No. 18135. Son 
of Cornelius Guilford and Emily Wadsworth ; grandson of Jesse and 
Rebecca Wadsworth ; great-grandson of Robert Wadszu'orth. Robert 
Wadsworth was the son of strict loyalist parents whose threats of dis- 
inheritance failed to retard the development of their young son's patri- 
otic sentiments, or to move him from his convictions, and on March 
17, 1776, he enlisted under Captain Abel Westfall, Eighth Virginia 
Regiment. His term of service lasted three years and eleven months. 
Part of this time he was attached to General Washington's Life Guards. 
He engaged in the battles of Brandywine, Germantown and Charles- 
ton, and was pensioned for his services. See Records of Department 
of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, District of Columbia; 
O. W. & N. Div. (L. S. C), Survivors' File No. 41296, Revolutionary 
War; also "General Washington's Life Guards." 

WILLIAM ENGLISH WALLING. Born in Louisville, Kentucky. Resi- 
dence, New York. State No. 173; National No. 10148. Son of 
Willoughby and Rosalind (English) Walling; grandson of William H. 
and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) English; great-grandson of Elisha G. 
and Mahala (Eastin) English; great-great-grandson of P'hilip Eastin, 
Lieutenant Fourth Virginia Line, whose record is shown elsewhere. 
[See William E. English.] 

WILLOUGHBY GEORGE WALLING. Born in Louisville, Kentucky. 
Residence, Chicago, Illinois. State No. 186; National No. 11711. Son 
of Willoughby and Rosalind (English) Walling; grandson of William 
Hayden and Emma Mardulia (Jackson) English; great-grandson of 
Elisha G. and Mahala (Eastin) English; great-great-grandson of 
Philip Eastin, Lieutenant Fourth Virginia Line, whose record is shown 
elsewhere. [See William E. English.] 

CHAUNCEY RUNDLE WATSON. Born in Albany, New York. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 309; National No. 18134. Son 
of Elias Watson and Caroline F. Medbury Watson; grandson of Elijah 
Watson and Esther Campbell Watson; great-grandson of Cyprian 



aXfcorlJ of Hftjolutionar^ ^inctatovsi 119 

Watson, who served in Colonel Van Veghten's New York Regiment, 
rank and service not given. See certificate signed by Second Deputy 
Comptroller, State of New York, which gives copies of order for pay- 
ment of services and receipt for same. 

FRANK PERCY WEADON. Born in Greensburg, Indiana. Residence, 
Chicago, Illinois. State No. 29; National No. 1629. Son of Frank M. 
and Mary J. Weadon ; grandson of Ashford Weadon ; great-grandson 
of Frederick Weedon; great-great-grandson of George IVeedon, Brig- 
adier General of Virginia Militia, Continental Troops, who, during the 
battle of Harlem Heights, had part of the hilt of his sword taken off 
by a ball. 

GEORGE WEBSTER, JR. Born in Marion, Indiana. Residence, Marion, 
Indiana. State No. 151 ; National No. 10126. Son of George W. and 
Maria J. (McKinney) Webster; grandson of Samuel and Lavina 
(Hopkins) Webster; great-grandson of Joseph Webster, a private in 
Captain John Skiers's Company, Major Sheldon's Connecticut Regi- 
ment of Light Horse, marching October 22,, 1776; discharged Decem- 
ber 4, 1776; accompanied Washington on his retreat through New Jer- 
sey in December, 1776. See records in Adjutant-General's Office, 
State of Connecticut. 

HERVEY C. WEIFORD. Born in Pendleton, Indiana. Residence, Hunt- 
ington, Indiana. State No. 324; National No. 18149. Son of Jacob 
and Mary (Mitchell) Weiford ; grandson of Samuel and Cynthia (Flem- 
ing) Mitchell ; great-grandson of James Fleming, who enlisted as a 
private from Rowan County, North Carolina, in March, 1779, under 
Captain Joseph Hall, and in February, 1780, under Captain Stewart. 
September 21, 1832, he applied for a pension, which was allowed; his 
widow was also allowed a pension. See Record Division V. L. M., 
Wid. File 646, Bureau of Pensions, Department of the Interior, Wash- 
ington, District of Columbia. 

THOMAS CHALMERS WHALLON. Born in Liberty, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 220; National No. 13670. Son 
of Edward Payson Whallon and Margaret E. (Kitchell) Whallon ; 
grandson of Thomas Whallon and Harriet S. (Bickle) Whallon; 
great-grandson of James Whallon and Allie Hageman Whallon ; great- 
great-grandson of James Whallon, who was Lieutenant of First Bat- 
talion, Somerset County, New Jersey, Militia; also the grandson of 
Jacob Crist Kitchell ; great-grandson of Daniel Kitchell ; great-great- 
grandson of Samuel Kitchell; great-great-great-grandson of Daniel 
Kitchell. Daniel Kitchell was a minute man in Morris County, New 
Jersey, Militia. 






120 ^ons of t\)t American Metolution 

WILLIAM BARKER WHEELOCK. Born in Ogdensburg, New York. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 141; National No. 1741. 
Son of Ira and Margaret Josephine (Cornell) Wheelock; grandson of 
James and Lucy (Barker) Wheelock; great-grandson of James Whee- 
lock, private, who enlisted in January, 1776, from the town of Swanzey, 
New Hampshire, under command of Colonel Timothy Bedel, regiment 
being ordered to join the Northern Continental Army with service in 
Canada, and performed ten months' actual service. See Read's History 
of Swanzey, New Hampshire; Abstract of New Hampshire Revolu- 
tionary War Rolls, certified to by Ezra S. Stearns, Secretary of State. 

NOAH WHISLER. Born in Rockingham, Virginia. Residence, Kokomo, 
Indiana. State No. 311; National No. 18136. Son of Daniel and 
Rebecca Whisler; grandson of Ernest Cool and Margaret (Matheny) 
Cool; great-grandson of William Matheny, a private in Captain Fran- 
cis Willis's Company in Colonel William Grayson's Regiment of Con- 
tinental Troops. See Military Rolls and statement of F. C. Ainsworth, 
Military Secretary. 

HERBERT L. WHITEHEAD. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 272 ; National No. 16122. Son of 
Moses Stuart Whitehead and Anna J. Griffith Whitehead ; grandson of 
Alfred P. Whitehead and Sophie (Cooley) Whitehead; great-grandson 
of Isaac Whitehead and Elizabeth Payne Whitehead; great-great- 
grandson of Onis Whitehead, whose record is not detailed. (See "Offi- 
cers and Men from New Jersey in the Revolutionary War," by General 
W. S. Stryker.) Also great-great-grandson of William Cooley, Captain 
in Colonel Mosley's Regiment (Third Hampshire), Massachusetts 
Militia. See Volume 3, pages 963-4, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors 
in the Revolutionary War. 

CHARLES NORRIS WILLIAMS. Born in Tippecanoe County, Indiana. 
Residence, Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 240; National No. 14815. 
Son of Henry Williams and Martha B. (Haight) Williams ; grandson of 
Rev. Sylvanus Haight and Clarissa (Barnum) Haight; great-grandson 
of John Haight, who was a private in different regiments of New York 
State Militia, and was Captain in Colonel Henry Luddington's Seventh 
Regiment, New York State Militia, for which services he was awarded 
two land bounty rights in the State of New York. Also the great- 
grandson of Dr. Samuel Barnum, who was Volunteer Surgeon at the 
battle of Ridgefield, Connecticut, and later Surgeon of the Fourth Reg- 
iment, Westchester County, New York, Militia. See New York Ar- 
chives, Fernon, Volume I, pages 284, 544, and New York Archives, 
C. and S., pages 212-252. 

OSCAR JEHIAL WILLSON. Born in Keene, New Hampshire. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 82; National No. 1682. Son of 



KecorD of Krtjolutionar^ 3inctstot& 121 

Jehial and Abigail D. Willson ; grandson of William and Susan Will- 
son; great-grandson of Aaron Willson, private soldier in the Conti- 
nental Army, serving several months from July i6, 1776, in Captain 
Samuel Wetherbe's Company, Colonel Isaac Wyman's Regiment, Ver- 
mont Troops ; also as a private in Captain Howlet's Company, which 
marched from Keene, New Hampshire, to reinforce the Continental 
Army at Ticonderoga, June, 1777. See Statement of T. S. Peck, Adju- 
tant and Inspector General of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont. 

WILLIAM ALLEN WOOD. Born in Covington, Indiana. Residence, 
Indianapolis, Indiana. State No. 271 ; National No. 16121. Son of 
Samuel Fletcher Wood and Mary (Allen) Wood; grandson of John 
Allen (Covington, Indiana) and Sarah Presley Allen; great-grandson 
of John Allen (Hanover Township, Pennsylvania) and Hannah Saw- 
yer Allen; great-great-grandson of Joseph Allen (Hanover Township, 
Pennsylvania), soldier in Pennsylvanfa Line. See Pennsylvania Ar- 
chives, Second Series, Volume 13, page 6. 

ROBERT ARCHER WOODS. Born in Princeton, Indiana. Residence, 
Princeton, Indiana. State No. 175; National No. 10150. Son of John 
Brown and Lucilla Charlotte (Archer) Woods; grandson of Samuel 
H. and Ann (McMillan) Woods; great-grandson of Joseph Woods, 
private Seventh Virginia Regiment. Records of the Pension and War 
Departments show that the name of Joseph Woods appears on the 
muster roll for the year 1780 and from January to October, 1781, said 
roll dated at Fort Pitt, November, 1781, and also on the muster roll for 
June, 1783, dated at Fort Pitt, July 3, 1783. Also the grandson of 
Robert and Ann (Shaw) Archer; great-grandson of Thomas and Mary 
(McCalla) Archer; great-great-grandson of Thomas McCalla, who en- 
listed in February of 1777 in the Sixth Company, Eleventh Regiment, 
Pennsylvania Line. See Pennsylvania Archives, Second Series, Volume 
II, page 68; also Volume 13, page 146. 

CHARLES B. WOODWORTH. Bom in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Resi- 
dence, Fort Wayne, Indiana. State No. 63 ; National No. 1663. Son 
of Benjamin Studley and Diantha (Burritt) Woodworth ; grandson of 
Arad and Deborah (Studley) Woodworth; great-grandson of Benja- 
min Studley, private in Captain Robert Lenthall Eell's Company, which 
marched on the Lexington alarm, April 19, 1775; private in Captain 
Jos. Sopers's Company, First Plymouth County Regiment, July 24, 
1775; First Lieutenant in Captain Winslow's Company, February 21, 
1776; First Lieutenant in Captain Stetson's Company, Colonel Dyke's 
Regiment, December, 1776, to March i, 1777. See certificate of the 
Secretary of the Commonwealth of IMassachusetts, dated November 22,, 
1893. 



122 ^om of t^e American Hetjolution 

HARRY R. WYSOR. Born in Muncie, Indiana. Residence, Muncie, In- 
diana. State No. 71 ; National No. 1671. Son of Jacob Henry and 
Sarah (Richardson) Wysor; grandson of Jacob and Margaret (Miller) 
Wysor; great-grandson of Henry Wysor (or Wyzer), Sergeant in the 
Army of Virginia under command of General Daniel Morgan, and, at 
the battle of Saratoga, was one of five riflemen selected to make Gen- 
eral Frazer of the British Army the special object of their aim, shortly 
after which General Frazer fell mortally wounded. He was granted a 
pension from the fourth day of March, 1831, during his life. See rec- 
ords of United States Pension Office. 



I 



3jnDcjc to Ectoluttonat:^ ance^stotjs of tl^e iHem= 
htv^ of ti^c 3InDiana ^ocict^ 



Abbott, Abiel ancestor of 

Akin, David " 

Aldrich, Noah " " 

Allen, Joseph " " 

Allen, Philip " " 

Allen, William " " 

Ames, Barnabus " " 

Andrew, Dr. John " " 

AsHBY, Nathaniel " " 

Aylett, William " " 

Babcock, Oliver " " 

Bacon, Jacob " " 

Ballard, Josiah " " 

Ballou, Reuben " " 

Barnett, Joseph " " 

Barnum, Dr. Samuel " " 

Bartlett, Josiah " " 

Bates, Daniel " " 

Bauer, Jacob " " 

Bayley, Jacob " " 

Beall, Robert " " 

Beardsley, Elijah " " 

Beardsley, Phineas " " 

Beeler, George " " 

Benezet, Daniel " " 

Bennett, John " " 

Bennett, Joseph Davenport " " 

Bigelow, David " " 

Blasdel, Jacob " " 

Blodgett, Henry " " 

Blodgett, James " " 

Bodurtha, Stephen " " 

Bosworth, Richard " " 

Boyd, Samuel " " 



A. E. Bulson, Jr. 
C. G. Richie 
J. A. Bursley 
Philip E. Bursley 
W. A. Wood 
G. S. Robie 

C. A. Kenyon 

F. H. Fowler 
Jesse Andrew 
J. C. Andrew 
T. M. Andrew 
L. L. Todd 

J. S. Holliday 

G. C. Babcock 
F. H. Pyke 

D. T. Bacon 
L. O. Bodman 
C. E. Scoville 
C. S. Swann 

C. N. Williams 
O. M. Smith 
H. Bates, Jr. 

F. C. Scheuch 
S. S. Johnson 

G. G. Griffin 

A. R. Beardsley 
A. R. Beardsley 
H. S. New 
C. S. Sargent 
F. O. Granniss 
F. O. Granniss 
J. A. Barnard 
L. B. Ewbank 
Oza Blodgett 
Oza Blodgett 
A. L. Bodurtha 
R. J. Bosworth 
C. Martindale 



124 



^on0 of tl)e American Heljolution 



Bradbury, Jacob ancestor 

Bradford, John " 

Brenton, James " 

Brigham, Abijah " 

Brintnall, Thomas " 

Brooks, Edward " 

Brooks, James " 

Brooks, Reuben " 

Bronson, Seba " 

Brouse, Michael " 

Brown, George " 

Brownlee, James " 

Brownson, Richard " 

Bryant, David " 

Bryant, John " 

Buck, Henry " 

BULLARD, SeTH " 

Burnett, Edmund " 

Bush, Philip " 

Butler, Zebulon " 

Butterfield, Samuel " 

Caldwell, Alexander " 

Capron, Oliver " 

Cardwill, William " 

Carpenter, Nathan " 

Carpenter, William " 

Carr, William " 

Chambers, David " 

Chapman, James " 

Chipm an, Darius " 

Clark, Benjamin " 

Clark, Jonathan " 

Clark, Stephen " 

Clayton, Henry " 

Comstock, Nathaniel " 

Cook, Elijah " 

Cooley, William " 

Cornwall, George " 

Cousins, Nathaniel " 

Craft, Moses " 



of Aug. Boice 

" W. E. Hayward 

" M. G. McLain 

" H. C. Atkins 

" C. B. Fitch 

" E. H. Olds 

" W. H. Brooks 

" S. C. Brooks 

" E. H. Olds 

" W. H. Brooks 

" H. M. Bronson 

" M. A. Brouse 

" W. J. Brown 

" D. McDonald 

" G. P. T. Sargent 

" E. D. Bryant 

" W. W. Kemper 

" E. P. Lee 

" W. C. Nichols 

" S. S. E^stham 

" J. S. Holliday 

" W. J. Holliday 

" C. E. Kendrick 

" A. S. Butterfield 

" J. L. Caldwell 

" F. O. Granniss 

" G. B. Cardwill 

" B. A. Richardson, Jr. 

" N. H. Richardson 

" C. P. Murphey 

" LeGrand T. Meyer 

" D. C. Fisher 

" R. J. Fisher 

" Ira A. Chapman 

" H. C. Starr 

" W. A. Clark 

" C. H. Newton 

" E. E. Frost. 

" H. S. Frost 

" L. W. Clayton 

" W. E. Hayward 

" Oscar Dinwiddie 

'" Marion Elmer Dinwiddie 

" H. L. Whitehead 

' J. M. Manson 

' M. D. Manson 

' W. N. Manson 

' T. A. Parker 

' C. B. Strickland 



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125 



Cresap, Thomas 

Crozer, John 

Crum, John 

CULBERTSON, SaMUEL 

CuMMiNGS, Joseph 

CuRRiE, Thomas 

Curtis. Charles 

Daulton, Moses 

Dean, Archelaus 

Deem, John Christopher. 

Denny, Samuel 

DePauw, Charles 

DeSpitzer, Ernestus 

Dey, Colonel Themis 

Dibrell, Anthony, Jr 

Donaldson, Andrew 

DoNNELL, Thomas 

Doyal, John 

Drennan, Jacob 

DuBois, Jacob 

Dumont, Peter 



Dunning, Josiah 

Dwinnell, Solomon. 

Easter, John 

Eastin, Philip 



Ebert, John 

Eddy, Elikim 

Edmondson, William . . 

Ely, Andrew 

Emery, John 

Eyanson, John 

Fairbank, Zaccheus... 

Fairfield, William 

Farnsworth, William. 

Felter, John 

Ferris, Samuel 



Findlay, Samuel. 
Fisher, Henry. .. 

Fitch, Daniel 

Fleming, James. . 
Fletcher, Peter. . 



of T. B. Tallmadge 

" A. D. Moffett 

" W. P. Krom 

" C. W. Culbertson 

" G. B. CardwiU 

" O. C. Morgan 

" J. J. Curtis 

" B. G. Hudnut 

" S. B. Brown 

" T. B. Deem 

" A. F. Denny 

" N. T. DePauw 

" J. P. Goodrich 

" John M. Lilly 

" R. S. Hatcher 

" D. E. Snyder 

" T. S. Elrod 

" S. H. Doyal 

" R. S. Hatclier 

" W. P. Krom 

" S. Merrill 

" C. W. Moores 

" M. Moores 

" John Dunning 

" A. J. Elliott 

" E. P. Lee 

" William H. English 

" William E. English 

" W. E. Walling 

" W. G. Walling 

" Theodore Stein 

" H. J. Eddy 

" J. S. Howk 

" C. W. Cromwell 

" O. M. Smith 

" C. J. Eyanson 

" C. Fairbank 

" R. H. Carnahan 

" D. D. Farnsworth 

" Frank Felter 

" E. S. Ferris 

" S. Ferris 

" G. P. T. Sargent 

" E. P. Lee 

" William E. Hayward 

" H. C. Wei ford 

" E. W. Spencer 



126 



^ong of tlie American laebolution 



Fogg, Stephen ancestor 

FOLLETT, ElIPHALET " 

FoLLETT, Martin Dewey " 

Foster, Jesse " 

Foster, John " 

Fowler, Dijah " 

Garrigus, David " 

Gilles, John " 

Gilman, Bradbury " 

Gilman, Jeremiah " 

Glazebrook, Julius " 

Grant, William " 

Haight, John " 

Hand, Edward " 

Handy, Samuel " 

Hargrave, Thomas " 

Harris, George " 

Harris, Samuel " 

Harrison, Benjamin " 

Harrod, William " 

Hatch, Jethro " 

Hatch, Timothy " 

Hawkins, Samuel 

Hayes, Joseph " 

Hayes, Solomon " , 

Hayward, Nathan " 

Heiney, Jacob " 

Hedden, David 

Henry, Patrick " 

Henshaw, William " 

HiGGiNS, James " 

Holembeak, William " 

Hughes, Richard 

Huston, James " 

Huston, John 

Jameson, Thomas " 

Jewett, Abel, Sr " 



of G. S. Robie 

" W. J. Robie 

" C. T. Jewett 

" C. T. Jewett 

" S. M. Foster 

" H. G. Granger 

" F. B. Fowler 

" Milton Garrigus 

" W. A. Hamilton 

" L. P. Hamilton 

" Paul Bitner Hamilton 

" G. S. Robie 

" W. J. Robie 

" E. D. Bryant 

" D. V. Smythe 

" E. A. Smythe 

" W. H. Smythe 

" W. J. McKee 

" C. N. Williams 

" H. K. Stormont 

" C. B. Mather 

" M. J. Niblack 

" W. E. Niblack 

" J. B. Harris 

" C. B. Harris 

" Russell B. Harrison 

" H. Taffe 

" J. A. Hatch 

" J. A. Hatch 

" F. O. Granniss 

" M. S. Hawkins 

" E. G. Hayes 

" E. G. Hayes 

" W. E. Hayward 

" Charles McGrew 

" F. C. Greene 

" E. F. Hawley 

" C. E. Hawley 

" J. S. Holliday 

" A. F. Denny 

" J. B. Higgins 

" F. H. Fowler 

" J. W. Hughes 

" C. B. Huston 

" S. M. Huston 

" J. Sulgrove 

" C. T. Jewett 



Jinnex to Znccstovs 



127 



Jewett, Joseph ancestor 

John, John 

Kenyon, Ludovick " 

Kesler, Jacob " 

Kimball, Abraham " 

Kimball, Benjamin " 

KiMMEL, Michael " 

Kinnan, Edward " 

Kitchell, Daniel " 

Kollock, Shepard " 

Landon, Rufus " 

Lawrence, Benjamin " 

Learned, Simon " 

Leavitt, Jonathan 

Lee, Isaac " 

Leggett, Thomas, Jr " 

Levering, John " 

Lewis, Nathaniel, Jr " 

LiTTELL, William " 

Lord, Joseph " 

Lovell, Ebenezer " 

Lucky, Joseph " 

LuTZ, Frederick " 

McCalla, Thomas " 

McClay, John " 

McConnell, James " 

McCorkle, Robert " 

McDowell, Ephraim " 

McDowell, John " 

McDowell, Joseph " 

Mack, Richard " 

Man, Ebenezer " 

Manson, David " 

Matheny, William " 

Matteson, Allen " 

Mauzy, William " 

Meeker, Obadiah " 

Menzies, Samuel P " 

Meredith, John Wheeler " 



of H. E. Jewett 

" W. J. Brown 

" C. A. Kenyon 

" F. H. Fowler 

" L H. Fowler 

" W. C. Nichols 

" H. Kimball 

" J. P. Kimmel 

" C W. Kinnan 

" T. C. Whallon 

" F. N. Kollock 

" L. H. Landon 

" G. W. Brown 

" W. W. Atterbury 

" G. S. Fowler 

" C. L. Massey 

" O. C. Leggett 

" M. Levering 

" A. G. Kingman 

" Jos. Littell 

" F. H. Fowler 

" J. A. Barnard 

" G. W. McConnell 

" T. L. Stitt 

" R. A. Woods 

" Beza Archer 

" C. W. Culbertson 

" G. W. McConnell 

" A. L. Roache 

" C. H. McDowell 

" G. P. T. Sargent 

" L. F. Perdue 

" S. M. Huston 

" C. McCulloch 

" John Ross McCulloch 

" J. M. Manson 

" M. D. Manson 

" M. F. Manson 

" W. N. Manson 

" Noah Whisler 

" H. A. Mattison 

" J. H. Mauzy 

" E. H. Payne 

" H. H. Robinson 

" G. V. Menzies 

" S. C. Meredith 

" M. Nicholson 



128 



g>onsf of tlje American Keijolution 



Merrill, Jesse. 



Merrill, Samuel. 



MiESSE, Daniel 

Millard, Abiathar. . 
Miller, Jonathan. . . 
Miller, Mordecai. . . . 
Mitchell, Elijah A. 



Mitchell, Robert. 



MoFFETT, George. 
Moore, Elisha. . . 
Moore, Thomas.. 
Morton, John. . . 



Moss, Zealy 

Mudge, Jarvis 

Murdock, William Thompson. 

Nesmith, John 

New, Jethro 

Newton, John 



Noble, James 

NoRRis, John 

Page, Nathaniel. . . 
Pardee, Ebenezer. . . 
Parsons, Benjamin. 



Passage, George 

Passage, Henry 

Pelletreau, John Elias. 
Platt, Nathaniel 



Pond, William. 
PooRMAN, John. 



Prentiss (or Prentice), Nathaniel. 
Provence (or Proven), John 



Putman, Aaron. . 
Putnam, Daniel. 



of S. Merrill 

" C. W. Moores 

" M. Moores 

" S. Merrill 

" C. W. Moores 

" M. Moores 

" Harry Miesse 

" R. Millard 

" F. S. Clark 

" R. M. Hazelett 

" William A. Mitchell 

" L. J. Brawley 

" W. C. Mitchell 

" G. W. Ilgenfritz 

" L. F. Perdue 

" Richard Carpenter 

" T. T. Moore 

" J. D. Steele 

" H. E. Tune 

" R. A. Coltharp 

" W. A. Van Buren 

" W. M. Crockett 

" J. G. I. Penfield 

" H. S. New 

" C. H. Newton 

" F. A. Newton 

" F. H. Fowler 

" G. S. Robie 

" C. S. Tarlton 

" M. Nye 

" E. E. Frost 

" H. S. Frost 

" E. P. Kling 

" E. P. Kling 

" Theodore Stein 

" C. McCulloch 

" John Ross McCulloch 

" F. H. Fowler 

" A. A. Purman 

" R. R. Purman 

" N. Prentiss 

" J. A. Ratliff 

" L. S. Ratliff 

" A. Rogers 

" G. W. Rogers 

" J. P. Goodrich 

" H. M. Bronson 



31nDrp to ^nccsitorfit 



129 



Reed, Joseph ancestor of 

Richardson, Aaron 

RoACHE, Stephen " " 

Robinson, Christopher " " 

Rochester, Nathaniel " " 

Roll, John " " 

Ross, George " " 

St. Joh n, John " " 

Scott, John " " 

Seaerook, Thomas " " 

Sellers, Nathan " " 

Shaw, IcHABOD " " 

Shepard, Elisha " " 

Simons, Adriel " " 

SissoN, Peleg " " 

Smallwood, Heaberd " " 

Smith, Charles " " 

Smock, John " " 

Snyder, Philip " " 

Spitzerde, Ernestus " " 

Squier, Ellis " " 

Stark, William " " 

Stewart, William " " 

Stimson, Luther " " 

Stites, Elijah " " 

Stone, Nimrod H " " 

Stow, Stephen " " 

Studley, Benjamin " " 

Swearingen, Samuel " " 

SwEEZY, Joseph " " 

Symmes, J. C " " 

Taff, James " " 

Tallm AN, James " " 

Tanner, Josiah " " 



Taylor, Robert 

Thomas, William, 

Todd, Robert 

Torrence, Joseph. 



E. P. Kling 

B. A. Richardson 

B. A. Richardson, Jr. 
N. H. Richardson 

A. L. Roache 
N. A. Gladding 

F. W. B. Coleman 
J. W. McCrea 

C. B. Huston 
R. T. St. John 
Russell B. Harrison 

E. M. Anthony 
M. S. Hawkins 
W. E. Hayward 

F. P. Sleeper 
L. L. Simons 

R. G. Thompson 

B. P. Mossman 
W. E. English 

F. P. Sleeper 

D. E. Snyder 
J. P. Goodrich 

G. G. Ball 

A. H. Perfect 
Stuart Eagleson 
J. H. Haberly 
M. Tuttle 

F. Landers 
J. S. House 

C. B. Woodworth 

D. A. Muirhead 

B. Van Swearingen 

G. B. Cardwill 
R. B. Harrison 
H. Tafife 

G. T. Ladd 
Wilbur Topping 

C. F. Dawson 
Mark A. Dawson 
Byron Dawson 
L. F. Tracey 

M. J. Tracey 
M. A. Dawson 
H. Taylor 
G. O. Dix 
L. L. Todd 
G. P. T. Sargent 



130 



^ong of tl)e American Hetjolution 



TowNLEY, Edward ancestor 

Train, Isaac " 

Train, Thomas " 

Treat, Samuel " 

Trowbridge, William " 

TuTTLE, Charles " 

Tuttle, Daniel " 

TuTTLE, GeRSHOM " 

Tuttle, Jehiel " 

Vanderburgh, Henry " 

Vrgoman, Bartholomew " 

Vrooman, Cornelius " 

Wads WORTH, Robert " 

Wagoner, George William " 

Ward, James " 

Warfield, Charles Alexander " 

Warren, Ephraim " 

Watkins, Benjamin " 

Watson, Cyprian " 

Weedon, George " 

Webb, John " 

Webster, Joseph " 

Westfall, Jacob " 

Whallon, James " 

Wheelock, James " 

Whitehead, Onis " 

WiLLETT, Colonel " 

Willeg, Barzilla " 

WiLLSON, Aaron " 

Wilson, Isaac " 

Woods, Joseph " 

WooDWORTH, Benjamin " 

Wright, William " 

Wysor, Henry , " 

Young, Michael " 

ZiNN, Jacob " 



of G. E. Townley 

" M. McD. Townley 

" H. P. Townley 

" G. B. Cardwill 

" G. B. Cardwill 

" A. J. Treat 

" J. A. Barnard 

" H. C. Tuttle 

" R. B. Tuttle 

" H. C. Tuttle 

" R. B. Tuttle 

" M. Tuttle 

" H. C. Tuttle 

" R. B. Tuttle 

" H. V. Somes 

" J. E. Somes 

" J. F. Somes 

" H. W. Vrooman 

" H. W. Vrooman 

" W. W. Wadsworth 

" E. J. Heeb 

" William W. Adamson 

" J. D. Early 

" W. D. Daniels 

" J. P. Goodrich 

" C. R. Watson 

" F. P. Weadon 

" R. B. Insley 

" George Webster, Jr. 

" J. L. Caldwell 

" T. C. Whallon 

" W. B. Wheelock 

" H. L. Whitehead 

" C. H. McDowell 

" C. E. Poindexter 

" O. J. Willson 

" R. P. Van Camp 

" R. A. Woods 

" C E. Bond 

" C. M. Carter 

" H. R. Wysor 

" E. Y. Guernsey 

" E. J. Heeb 



Constitution 



THE INDIANA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

ARTICLE I. 

The name of this Society shall be "The Indiana Society of 
THE Sons of the American Revolution." 

ARTICLE II. 
The Society shall be perpetual. 

ARTICLE III. 

The purpose of this Society shall be to perpetuate the memory 
of the men, who, by their services or sacrifices during the War of 
the American Revolution, achieved the Independence of the Amer- 
ican people ; to unite and promote fellowship among their de- 
scendants ; to inspire them and the community at large with a 
more profound reverence for the principles of the government 
founded by our forefathers ; to encourage historical research in 
relation to the American Revolution ; to acquire and preserve the 
records of the individual services of the patriots of the war, as well 
as documents, relics, and landmarks ; to mark the scenes of the 
Revolution by appropriate memorials ; to celebrate the anniver- 
saries of the prominent events of the war ; to foster true patriot- 
ism ; to maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom ; 
and to carry out the purposes expressed in the preamble to the 
Constitution of our country and the injunctions of Washington 
in his farewell address to the American people. 



132 ^onsf of t\)t ^mcncan Heijolution 



ARTICLE IV. 

Any male resident of Indiana, over the age of twenty-one years, 
shall be eligible for membership who is descended, on either the 
male or female line, from an ancestor who assisted in establishing 
American Independence during the War of the Revolution ; 
whether as a military or naval officer, soldier or sailor, or as an 
official or recognized subordinate in the service of any one of the 
thirteen original colonies or states, or of the national governm.ent, 
representing those colonies or states. No person lacking in these 
qualifications shall be eligible to membership in the Society. 

ARTICLE V. 

The officers shall be the President, three Vice-Presidents, Sec- 
retary, Registrar, and Treasurer, Chaplain, and a trustee who shall 
represent the society in the corporate organization of the national 
society, and these officers shall constitute the Board of Managers. 
The Society or its Board of Managers may also select honorary 
Vice-Presidents. Officers shall serve without pay except where 
the Society, at its annual meeting, determines otherwise. 

ARTICLE VI. 

This Constitution may be altered, amended, or repealed by a 
vote of two-thirds of the members of the Society present, at a 
regular meeting of the Society or at a special meeting called for 
that purpose, after proper notice has been given of such special 
meeting. 



l3i?-LatDiS of ti^e SIuDiana ^ociet^ 

Section i. Members shall be elected as follows: Candidates 
may send their names and documents, or other proofs of qualifica- 
tion for membership, to the Secretary ; and upon a favorable con- 
sideration by the Board of Managers, shall, upon payment of the 
membership fee and first annual dues, thereupon become members 
of the Society. 

Sec, 2. The initiation fee shall be three dollars and the annual 
dues two dollars. The payment at one time of fifty dollars shall 
constitute a life member, and the member so paying shall be ex- 
empt from the payment of annual dues thereafter. 

Sec. 3. The annual meeting of the Society shall be held on the 
25th day of February, the anniversary of the capture of Ft. Sack- 
ville, at Vincennes, Indiana, and in each and every year there- 
after, at which a general election of officers by ballot shall take 
place, except when such date shall fall on Sunday, in which event 
the meeting shall be held on the following day, unless otherwise 
set by the Board of Managers upon due notice to the members. 
In such election, a majority of the ballots cast for any officer shall 
constitute a choice. 

Sec. 4. At all meetings of the Society, five members shall con- 
stitute a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. 5. The President, or, in his absence, one of the Vice- 
Presidents, shall preside at all meetings. He shall preserve order 
and shall decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the 
Society. 

Sec. 6. The Secretary shall conduct the general correspond- 
ence of the Society. He shall notify all members of their election 
and of such other matters as he may be directed by the Society. 
He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation, by- 
laws and records of the Society. He, together with the presiding 
officer, shall certify all acts of the Society. He shall give due 
notice of the time and place of all meetings of the Society, and 
attend the same. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all 



134 ^ons; of t\)t american Hebolution 

the proceedings and orders of the Society; and shall give notice 
to the several officers of all votes, orders, resolutions, and proceed- 
ings of the Society affecting them or pertaining to their respective 
duties. 

Sec. 7. The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and 
securities of the Society. They shall be deposited in some bank 
or savings institution in this State, to the credit of The Indiana 
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, and shall 
be drawn thence on the checks of the Treasurer for the purposes 
of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums 
only as may be ordered by the Society or by the Board of Man- 
agers. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, 
and at each annual meeting render the same to the Society, when a 
committee shall be appointed to audit his accounts. 

Sec. 8. If, from the annual report of the Treasurer, there shall 
appear to be a balance against the Treasurer, no appropriation of 
money shall be made for any object but the necessary current ex- 
penses of the Society until such balance shall be paid. 

Sec. 9. The Registrar shall keep a roll of members ; and in his 
hands shall be lodged all the proofs of membership qualification, 
and all books and the historical and geographical papers, manu- 
script or other, of which the Society may become possessed ; and 
under the direction of such executive committee of the Board of 
Managers, shall, for adequate compensation, keep a copy of such 
similar documents as the owners thereof may not be wilHng to 
leave permanently in the keeping of the Society. 

Sec. 10. The Board of Managers shall judge of the qualifica- 
tions of the candidates for admission to the Society and elect the 
same, and shall have charge of all the special meetings of the So- 
ciety, and shall, through the Secretary, call special meetings at 
any time, upon the written request of five members of the Society, 
and at such other times as they see fit. They shall recommend 
plans for promoting the objects of the Society, shall digest and 
prepare business and shall authorize the disbursement and ex- 
penditure of unappropriated money in the treasury for the pay- 
ment of current expenses and the work of increasing the member- 
ship, organization and maintenance of chapters and other expenses 
of the Society. They shall act as Trustees of the Society and gen- 



15V'iLatD0 of t\)e 31nDiana fe>ocift^ 135 

erally superintend the interests of the same, and execute all such 
duties as may be committed to them. 

At all meetings of the Board of Managers three shall constitute 
a quorum for the transaction of business. 

Sec. II. No amendment of the By-Laws shall be made unless 
adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a meeting 
of the Society. 

Sec. 12. Membership shall cease whenever dues being delin- 
quent for three years a default of thirty days shall occur in the 
payment of the annual dues or other obligations to the Society. 

LOCAL CHAPTERS. 

Sec. 13. Local chapters may be organized in any county of 
Indiana upon the application in writing to the Board of Managers 
of ten members of the Indiana Society, whose qualification for 
membership shall have been duly approved by the National So- 
ciety. The selection of its officers and its mode of government 
shall be under the control and direction of such local chapter free 
of any outside supervision so long as the conduct of its afifairs is 
in conformity with the Constitution and By-Laws of the National 
and State Society, of which it shall be a part. 

order of business. 

At annual meetings of this Society the following order of busi- 
ness shall be observed, viz. : 

1. Opening exercises. 

2. Calling roll of officers and members. 

3. Reading minutes of last meeting. 

4. Reports of officers : President, Secretary, Treasurer, Regis- 
trar, Historian, Board of Managers. Other official reports. 

5. Reports of committees. 

6. Unfinished business. 

7. Election and installation of Officers and Board of Managers. 

8. New business. 

9. Final adjournment. 



application I3lan6 



National Number. 



State Number. 



Applications are to be made in duplicate and sent to the Secretary of 
the State Society, who will forward one copy, when approved, to the Reg- 
istrar General of the National Society. 

Indiana Society 

OF THE 

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 



Application for Membership 



DESCENDANT OF 



Application examined and approved 
I9--- 

State Registrar. 



Accepted by the State Board of Man- 
ment 

I9-.. 

State Secretary. 



Dates 

Application filed with State Secretary 

Notification of election 

Fees paid 

Duplicate sent to* Registrar General 

Approved and registered by Registrar General. .. 

Certificate of Membership delivered 

Badge delivered 

Resigned Transferred . 

Deceased 



Application Blank 



137 



Application for Membership 



National Number State Number. . 

ISSUED BY AUTHORITY OF THE GENERAL BOARD OF MANAGERS. 



To THE Board of Managers of 

INDIANA SOCIETY 

of the 

SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

I, being of the age of twenty-one years 

and upwards, to wit, of the age of hereby apply for mem- 
bership in this Society by right of lineal descent in the following line from 

who was born in on the day of 17 

and died in on the day of i 

and who assisted in establishing American Independence. 

I was born in County of 

State of on the day of i 

I am the son of and 

his wife, and 

grandson of and 

his wife, and 

great-grandson of and 

his wife, and 

great-great-grandson of and 

his wife, and 

great-great-great-grandson of and 

his wife, and 

great-great -great-great-grandson of and 

his wife 

and he, the said is the ancestor who assisted in 

establishing American Independence, while acting in the capacity of 



Nominated and recommended by 
the undersigned members of the 
Society : 



Signature of applicant, (Name in 
full) 

Residence, 
Occupation, 



138 ^on0 of t^e ^mencan Metoluti on 

Ancestor's Service. 



"Any man shall be eligible to membership in this Society, who, being 
of the age of twenty-one years or over, and a citizen of good repute in the 
community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times 
unfailing in his loyalty to, and rendered actual service in, the cause of Amer- 
ican Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militiaman, 
or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any 
one of the several Colonies or States ; or as a Signer of the Declaration of 
Independence; or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspond- 
ence, or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress 
or Legislature ; or as a civil officer either of one of the Colonies or States 
or of the National Government ; or as a recognized patriot, who performed 
actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain." 
— Constitution of National Society S. A. R., Article III, Section i, adopted 
June i6, 1893. 

When the applicant derives eligibility of membership by descent from 
more than one ancestor, and it is desired to take advantage thereof, the 
history of each of said ancestor's services and the intermediate generations 
of the pedigree may all be written upon these pages ; but it is desired that 
the history of each ancestor shall be written upon a separate blank when 
possible. 

State fully such documentary or traditional authority as you found 
the following record upon, and also the residence of ancestors if known. 



My ancestor's services in assisting in the establishment of American 
Independence during the War of the Revolution were as follows : 



application Blanfe 



139 



The following are references to the authorities for the above state- 
ments : 



(Signature of applicant) 

(Name in full) (Also to be signed at bottom of second page) 



State of. . . 
County of. 



(The following form of acknowledgment is required.) 
\. SS. 



Personally appeared. 



signer of the above and foregoing application and statement, and made 
oath that the statements therein contained are true to the best of his knowl- 
edge and belief before me. 

Official Signature, 



[L. S.] 



Local Cl^aptet^ 

ANTHONY WAYNE CHAPTER, NO. i. 

Fort Wayne, Indiana. 

President, James H. Haberly. 
Vice-President, George Tallman Ladd. 
Secretary, Horace G. Granger. 
Treasurer, Charles B. Fitch. 
Governors: 

Robertson J. Fisher, 
Samuel M. Foster, 
Robert Millard. 

HUNTINGTON CHAPTER. 

President, Charles McGrew, Huntington, Ind. 
Vice-President, Frank Felter, Huntington, Ind. 
Registrar, E. B. Heiney, Huntington, Ind. 
Treasurer, Noble W. Scott, Huntington, Ind. 
Secretary, Morton Tuttle, Huntington, Ind. 

JOHN MORTON CHAPTER. 

Terre Haute, Indiana. 

President, James E. Somes, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Vice-President, George Oscar Dix, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Secretary, Charles T. Jewett, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Treasurer, Horace C. Tune, Terre Haute, Ind. 
Registrar and Historian, James B. Harris, Terre Haute, Ind. 




WILLIA^I HAYDEN ENGLISH 

First Member Indiana Society 

Died February 7, 1896 



iHemorial 



THE INDIANA SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE 
AMERICAN REVOLUTION 

RESOLUTIONS 

OF : 

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC 

AND ADDRESS OF 

HON. WM. H. ENGLISH 

IN RELATION TO 

THE ORNAMENTATION OF THE INDIANA "STATE SOLDIERS 
AND SAILORS' MONUMENT." 

"It zi'-ill go dozi'n the ages, grozving in favor as the irresistible 
years szveep by, and all zdio are nozv living have returned to 
dust." 

To THE General Assembly of the State of Indiana: 

The undersigned respectfully represent to your honorable body 
that at the last annual meeting of the Indiana Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution the subject of the ornamentation of 
the Indiana State Soldiers' Monument and grounds was consid- 
ered, and the sentiments and recommendations of an address 
then delivered by the Hon. William H. English were, by resolu- 
tion, unanimously approved, and the officers of the society di- 
rected to present the matter to the Legislature for its favorable 
consideration, which we now most respectfully and earnestly do. 
Subsequently to this action of the society, the Grand Army of 
the Republic, at its annual meeting held at Fort Wayne, April 
6 and 7, 1892, adopted unanimously resolutions approving the 
suggestion made in said address, that the four most prominent 
epochs in Indiana military history be commemorated by a statue 
of the principal representative man of each of said epochs, viz. : 



142 ^onsi of tlje American Mebolution 

1. George Rogers Clark, for the capture of Vincennes and 
the War of the Revolution. 

2. William Henry Harrison, for Tippecanoe and the other 
Indiana events of the Indian wars and the war of 1812. 

3. Oliver Perry Morton (whose statue is already made), for 
the great Civil War. 

4. Some one as a representative of Indiana in the Mexican 
War, to be named by the Legislature or the Monument Commis- 
sioners. 

These resolutions will be found on pages 174-5 of the Journal 
of the Grand Army of the Republic's thirteenth annual session, 
and a copy of the same, together with the address referred to, 
are submitted herewith for the favorable action of the Legisla- 
ture. 

William E, Niblack, 

President S. A. R. 
William E. English, 

Vice-President. 
Charles W. Moores, 

Secretary. 
David E. Snyder, 

Registrar. 
CiNciNNATus H. McDowell, 

Treasurer. 



RESOLUTIONS OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE 
REPUBLIC. 

The Committee on Resolutions recommended the adoption of 
the following, which was presented by Comrade B. F. Havens, 
of Post No. I : 

Resolved, That the suggestion made in a recent address by 
Hon. Wm. H. English, before the Indiana Society of the Sons 
of the American Revolution, that the Soldiers' Monument now 
being erected at Indianapolis, should, as far as practical, illus- 
trate the four great military epochs in Indiana history, seems to 
be fair and reasonable ; and. 

Resolved further, That we approve the suggestion that these 
four epochs be illustrated and commemorated by the following 



0olDiers anu ^ailor0' sponummt 143 

statues of representative men, to be constructed in bronze in 
harmony with the general plan of the monument, and under the 
direction of the Monument Commissioners, namely : 

1. George Rogers Clark, for the capture of Vincennes and 
the War of the Revolution. 

2. William Henry Harrison, for Tippecanoe and the other 
Indiana events of the Indian wars and war of 1812. 

3. Oliver Perry Morton, for the great Civil War. 

4. Some one as a representative of "Indiana in the Mexican 
War," to be named by the Legislature or the Monument Com- 
missioners. 

Resolved further. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded 
to the Monument Commissioners and to each branch of the next 
Legislature. 

The Department Commander: Without objection, the recom- 
mendation of the committee will stand as the sense of this En- 
campment. 

It was so ordered. 

(From the Indianapolis News, February 26, i8p2.) 

Twenty members of the Indiana Society of the Sons of the 
American Revolution sat down to a dinner at the Denison House 
last night. Hon. William E. Niblack presided. Among those 
present were the officers of the society, including Will E. Eng- 
lish, Rev. C. H. McDowell, David E. Snyder and Charles W. 
Moores, and in addition Dr. L. L. Todd, Cephas B. Huston, Dun- 
can T. Bacon, Moses G. McLain, Edwin D. Bryant and John J. 
Curtis. 

One immediate son of a Revolutionary soldier, Samuel C. Mere- 
dith, of this city, was present. The Society has on its rolls the 
names of three other actual sons. Nelson Prentiss, of Albion ; Eli- 
jah Newland, of New Albany, and John Dunning, of Valparaiso. 

Merrill Moores spoke on "The Significance of the Flag," his 
remarks being full of the spirit of State pride. "Were the Men 
of '76 Aristocrats?" was the theme of a felicitous speech by Rev. 
A. Hunter Anthony, of Spencer. Dr. George McConnell, of 
Angola, and F. N. Kollock, of Ft. Wayne, were also called on. 

The distinguishing speech of the evening was an address by 
Hon. William H. English, on "The Indiana Soldiers' Monument." 



144 ^on& of t\)t ^merifan Ketolution 

ADDRESS OF WILLIAM H. ENGLISH 

The object of this society is not alone to cherish the memories 
of honored ancestors, who periled their lives for the independence 
and union of these States, but it extends, alike, to all who have 
fought in its defense or for its preservation. 

Its purpose is to foster a love of our country, and respect and 
admiration for the men of all wars, who have stood in its de- 
fense in time of danger. 

It was in this broad, patriotic spirit, no doubt, that Indiana was 
inspired to cause to be erected, in the center of her Capital City, a 
great monument that should stand for ages as a testimonial in 
honor of the soldiers and sailors connected with her history. 

It was an undertaking worthy of any people, and especially 
noticeable and commendable in a young community, organized as 
a territory only ninety-two years ago, and existing as a State 
but a few months over seventy-five years. It was the dawning 
of a new era with a people but recently emerged from the hard- 
ships and privations of pioneer life. It was a bold, forward 
movement into the light of the grand and beautiful, of the most 
cultured and advanced civilization of the world. 

It was all the more encouraging because it was an indication 
of an awakening of State pride, where, before, it is to be feared, 
there was a sad deficiency. 

If this monument is completed, in the style it should be, with 
grounds, streets and approaches improved to harmonize with it, 
as they should be, we shall have here a great Indiana work of 
art, as an exponent of her military history, which may truly be 
regarded as a "thing of beauty and a joy forever." 

It will go down the ages, growing in favor as the irresistible 
years sweep by, and all who are now living have returned to dust. 

It will not only tend to inspire the present and future gen- 
erations of Indianians with patriotism and State pride, but it will 
in time be visited and admired by a multitude of strangers, thus 
causing the State to be more favorably and generally known in 
other countries. 

But the monument is not yet completed. In fact, a great deal 
remains to be done to make it what it should be. The stone 
shaft alone is nearing completion. It is grand and beautiful, and, 



^olDierg anD ^ailorg' sponument 145 

1 presume, faultless in construction. But, grand and beautiful 
as it is, it would not alone make a distinctive Indiana monument, 
such as this should be. It would answer just as well for a 
Maine or California monument if set down in either of those 
States. For that matter, it would do just as well for a foreign 
country, if placed there. 

The important thing, then, to consider is the work which yet 
remains to be done. 

We must look to the bronze groups, the statuary and other 
ornamentations, yet to be added, for any local identity, or special 
illustrations of Indiana military history. It is here we shall find 
deficiencies or the crowning glory of this great work. 

And, oh, what a sad misfortune it would be to have mistakes 
made at this vital point ! 

Let us examine what the commissioners are proposing to do 
in this regard, and what they outline the monument is to be 
when completed. 

I will give it, in their own words, as I find it in a recent pub- 
lication, signed by the president and secretary. Here it is : 

"The monument is built of Indiana oolitic limestone and stands 
on a circular plat of ground, slightly elevated in the center, 333 
feet 3 inches in diameter, with a street 80 feet in width sur- 
rounding it, beyond which, and fronting toward the park, are 
business houses and dwellings. Its total height, including the 
crowning figure, is 280 feet. It is surrounded at the base by a 
terrace no feet in diameter, the floor being 10 feet 8 inches above 
the earth. The pedestal is 52 feet in diameter at the terrace floor 
and recedes, ascending, until at the line beneath its cornice, 54 
feet 8 inches above the terrace floor, it measures 34 feet 6 inches. 
The diameter of the cornice of the pedestal is 39 feet 6 inches. 
Thence the pedestal recedes abruptly to the shaft, 25 feet in diam- 
eter. At a height of 90 feet 6 inches above the earth, the diam- 
eter of the shaft is 19 feet, whence it gradually diminishes to 
12 feet 6 inches at the line beneath the capital, which is 13 feet 

2 inches in diameter, and is supported by eight eagles carved in 
stone. A balustrade of stone extends four feet above the floor 
of the capital, and on this floor stands an iron turret 8 feet 
in diameter, covered with copper. On this a bronze globe, of 
the same diameter, will be placed, above which will rise the 



146 g>on0 of t\)t American Hebolwtton 

crowning figure of bronze, emblematic of victory, freedom, and 
civilization. The statue is 22 feet in height, from the sole of 
the feet to the crown of the head, and it is eight feet farther to the 
top of the torch, held in the extended left hand, a sword with 
the point turned down being in the right. 

"Ten feet and six inches beneath the lower hne of the capital 
is astragal No. i, representing on the four sides of the shaft the 
years of the Mexican and Civil wars, being the heroic periods of 
the State of Indiana. This astragal, made of bronze, like Nos. 
2 and 3, described below, is 6 feet in width and 13 feet 6 inches 
in length upon each face of the shaft. On opposite faces are 
legends, '1846-1848,' '1861-1865,' the figures being two feet high, 

"Astragal No. 2 is 80 feet below No. i, and represents the navy 
at the period of the Civil War. Its dimensions are : Width, 10 
feet; length on each face of the shaft, 18 feet 10)^ inches, with 
projections at each of the four corners, making special illustra- 
tions of the navy by the prow of an American war vessel. These 
projections measure about 7 feet from the shaft to the bows of 
the vessels, and the bowsprits extend some 3 feet further. 

"Astragal No. 3, 12 feet 6 inches below No. 2, is to be at the 
base of the shaft at its union with the pedestal, and is to rep- 
resent the Army. Dimensions: Width, 11 feet 8 inches; length 
on each face of the shaft, 25 feet. At the lower line of this 
astragal there is a projection of stone of 3 feet 4 inches, uniting 
the shaft with the top of the pedestal which surrounds it below. 

"On the east and west faces of the pedestal, upon sub-pedestals, 
are to be the great bronze groups of 'War' and 'Peace,' in which 
the decorations of the monument will culminate." 

The commissioners, you see, begin to describe the proposed 
ornamentation with the immense bronze female figure, twenty- 
two feet high, which is to crown the monument. She is to have 
a sword in one hand, and hold aloft an immense torch in the 
other. She is to stand upon a big globe, and that is to rest upon 
a copper-cased turret, eight feet square, secured to the top of the 
stone shaft ; and the commissioners tell us she is to be "emblem- 
atic of victory, freedom, and civilization." 

Mr. Bruno Schmitz's original design, as I saw it, faced this 
figure tO' the east with two immense wings disfiguring her back 
on the west. But the commissioners and other State dignitaries. 



^olDiew anU jailors' sponument 147 

as you know, are located in the State House on the west ; so, in- 
stead of feasting their eyes on the symmetrical form of her lady- 
ship they could only see her frightful wings. The commissioners 
wisely ordered them taken off, and that she should be clothed in 
suitable drapery. 

Now as they have done so much to improve her ladyship, and 
have given her such an elevated position in the world, it would 
seem in bad taste for her to turn her back toward her benefactors. 
Besides, she should remember that this is the West, and that for 
many generations the star of empire and progress has been 
marching in that direction. 

Upon the whole, I am inclined to think that this crowning fig- 
ure, as improved by the commissioners, will prove appropriate 
to the monument and satisfactory as a work of art. 

I pass down to astragal No. i — a ring or band passing around 
the monument, illustrated in bronze. With this, I am glad to 
say, I am not only satisfied but gratified. It expresses something 
and it means something. It commemorates two important epochs 
in Indiana military history — the war with Mexico and the great 
Civil war. It is eminently proper, and there is no honorable 
mention that could be made of Indiana in connection with either 
of these wars that would not meet with my cordial approbation. 

They were both exceedingly important in their results. The 
first secured to the United States a vast extent of desirable ter- 
ritory, and an outlet to the Pacific Ocean of inestimable value. 
The last saved the union of the States, originally secured by the 
blood of our Revolutionary fathers — a Union indispensable to 
the happiness of the people and the security, prosperity, and glory 
of the nation. 

Astragal No. 2 is the next as we descend. It is a collection 
of huge warships and other things pertaining to a navy, which 
the commissioners' publication says "represents the navy at the 
period of the Civil war." 

This probably rneans only that ships of that period were taken 
for models. Indiana has had regiments, armies, block-houses and 
forts, but (being inland) she has had no navy or warships, and 
her sailors have not been very numerous. They have, however, 
made up in quality what they lacked in quantity. She has some 
splendid officers in the navy now — Brown, Howison and others 



148 ^ons; of tl)e American Mrbolution 

— had them during the Civil war and at other periods, and then 
since the war she has had a first-rate secretary of the navy — 
Colonel Richard W. Thompson. 

The navy of the United States has long been celebrated, if we 
may judge from the number of Indiana counties named after 
naval heroes. Perry's cannon thundered on our northern bor- 
ders and won a great victory, which he announced to an Indiana 
governor in the never-to-be-forgotten words : "To General Har- 
rison : Dear General — We have met the enemy and they are 
ours — two ships, two brigs, one schooner and a sloop. Oliver 
Hazard Perry." A message which sent a thrill of joy into every 
American heart throughout the land. 

I happen to- remember that James Blair, eleven times a dis- 
tinguished member of the Indiana Legislature, was with Perry 
in that battle, and named Perrysville, in Vermillion county, after 
him. There were, no doubt, many gallant sailors, like Blair, who 
served in the United States navy, and so I say, by all means let 
us honor the gallant sailors, even if they have not been numerous 
in Indiana. 

The next group as we descend is No. 3, which the commission- 
ers say "represents the army." It is emblematical of the army at 
all times, beautiful, expressive, and, as far as I know, every way 
satisfactory. 

Next come the great bronze groups of "War" and "Peace." 
These stand at the foot — one fronting east, the other west. 

That ends the decorations as now planned and as I have just 
shown them. The commissioners distinctly say that the decora- 
tions of the monument will culminate with the groups of "War" 
and "Peace." And now that I have examined all, and know just 
what the monument is to be as now planned, what do I think 
of it? 

I have already given a favorable opinion of the stone shaft. 

The great bronze figure at the top, the four groups of bronze 
statuary, representing the Army, the Navy, War, and Peace, are 
all in the line of a military monument. The figures in these 
groups will, no doubt, be colossal, instructive and exceedingly 
beautiful as works of art. As emblematic of armies, navies, war, 
and peace in general, they will, I doubt not, prove a magnificent 
success. I don't know that any of them could now be dispensed 



fe>olDifr0 anD jailors' sponument 149 

with, and I am not now prepared to say that any of them ought 
to be. But I do say that they are so general in character as to 
suit one country about as well as another, and that no foreign 
artist, or any other artist, ought to be allowed to make these so 
expensive as to keep out Indiana matters which should be repre- 
sented. Mr. Bruno Schmitz, a worthy Prussian gentleman, is 
the architect and designer-in-chief of the monument. Mr. Schmitz 
is, no doubt, a great artist, but I am afraid he knows more of 
Bliicher and Frederick the Great than he does of Clark and Har- 
rison — more of the Rhine and the Oder than he does of the 
Tippecanoe and the Wabash. I am afraid he cares more for 
military art, in general, than he does for art that would be spe- 
cially commemorative of great Indiana events. 

The commissioners are to be commended for saying, as they 
have in one place, that they want this to be an American monu- 
ment. It should be more. It should be an Indiana monument, 
commemorating the great military events connected with her 
history. If it does not do this, a fearful mistake will have been 
made. It will not do it if nothing else is done but to finish it as 
it is now planned. Nothing of that kind will be specially commem- 
orated but the Mexican and Civil wars. I submit to you that it 
would be unjust, and a grave mistake, to send Indiana down to 
posterity, so far as her great military monument can do it, as hav- 
ing no military history worth remembering, except as connected 
with the Mexican and Civil wars. 

Indiana is not barren of great military events before that period, 
and of at least two her people are justly proud. 

It is not at all likely they expected these events would be ignored 
in the construction of this monument — that it would commemo- 
rate no event prior to 1846. They did not expect it would cover 
a few years only, or from the State organization only, but from 
the beginning of Indiana history, just as any historian would have 
to do to give a satisfactory account. 

They remember that in the darkest period of the war of the 
Revolution one of the most important and far-reaching events of 
that war took place within the present boundaries of Indiana. 

It was then a part of the British dominions, but by the brave 
and adroit management of George Rogers Clark and his little 
army, it was taken from them by the capture of Fort Sackville, 



150 ^ong of tlie American Hetolution 

at Vincennes. The formal surrender took place February 25, 1779 
— 113 years ago this day. 

The British flag was taken down the night of the 24th, and at 
ten o'clock the next morning the American flag was run up. 
Never, from that glorious hour, thank God! has that flag been 
lowered to an enemy on Indiana soil. 

Can it be possible that such an event as this is to be entirely 
ignored in the construction of a monument intended to honor and 
perpetuate Indiana military history? Why, the very ground on 
which this monument stands was acquired by reason of that great 
event. The land given Clark and his brave soldiers as some recom- 
pense for their great services is Indiana land, situated in Clark, 
Floyd and Scott counties, and Clark himself was long a citizen of 
Indiana, residing in Clarksville, Clark county, as I have positive 
evidence to show. He built a house and erected mills there, and 
was an active participant in county affairs. I have the original 
poll-book of an election held in that county in the first decade of 
Indiana Territory, when the voting was done by word of mouth. 
The election referred to was one which had an important bearing 
in shaping Indiana affairs, and the poll-book, of course, shows how 
Clark voted. I shall not produce it now or explain further here, 
but hope to give to the public before the close of the present year, 
not only that but much other original matter relating to Clark and 
his great campaign which has never yet been published. 

My only object now is to point out that Clark, at one time, was 
a citizen of Indiana. That his great campaign is one of the most 
important and well-known military events in her history and 
should not be entirely ignored in the construction of this monu- 
ment. That it was a campaign of vast importance is not my judg- 
ment alone. So far as I know, it is the judgment of all who have 
written upon the subject. As the wonderful development of the 
great Northwest which he enabled this country to acquire becomes 
more manifest it will be still more appreciated. 

John B. Dillon, the father of Indiana history, says of Clark's 
campaign that "with respect to the magnitude of its design, the 
valor and perseverance with which it was carried on, and the 
momentous results which were produced by it, the expedition 
stands without a parallel in the early annals of the Mississippi." 

Jacob P. Dunn, the author of one of the latest and best histories 



^oiniet& auD jailors' sponummt 15 1 

of Indiana, speaks of it as "a most memorable campaign, by which 
the Northwest was brought into the possession of Americans, and 
secured to the Union, in the conduct of which General Clark had 
fairly earned the title of 'the Hannibal of the West,' and which 
was afterwards bestowed upon him by that eccentric genius, John 
Randolph, of Roanoke." 

John Law, an eminent Indiana jurist, statesman and historian, 
in his colonial history of Vincennes, says : "It was a conquest 
made under the most adverse and trying circumstances, and with 
a skill and bravery not surpassed in the most glorious triumphs 
of the Revolution. The reader need not be informed that I refer 
to the conquest of 'Post Vincennes,' and the capture of Hamilton 
and his troops, on the memorable 24th of February, 1779, by Gen- 
eral George Rogers Clark. To him, in my opinion, considering 
the results of that conquest, the vast addition of territory acquired 
by it, and the incalculable advantages to the people who now oc- 
cupy it, and to the country at large, the United States are more 
indebted than to any other general of the Revolution — Washing- 
ton alone excepted." 

I could enlarge this with numerous similar quotations from the 
most eminent historians in the United States. 

But I pass on to another great historical epoch intimately con- 
nected with Indiana's history, viz.: the wars of 181 1 and 1812, 
with the Indians and the British. William Henry Harrison, the 
then Governor of Indiana, was the hero in both. He was a man 
brave and honorable himself, and he was blessed, not only with 
an honorable ancestry, but with a posterity that can justly be re- 
garded with equal pride. In his youth he was an officer over what 
is now Indiana, when it was yet a part of the Territory of the 
Northwest. He was in at the birth of Indiana Territory, and for 
over a decade lived on her soil as her Governor, battling for her 
interests. Not always on the side of questions now popular, and 
subjected to the usual amount of abuse visited upon those hold- 
ing, or aspiring to hold, high political positions, he was, neverthe- 
less, a great and good man, and deserves to be gratefully remem- 
bered. Especially is this true in Indiana, where he was the suc- 
cessor, in military renown, of the immortal Clark, and where, as 
in the case of Clark, he led a campaign to victory on Indiana soil — 
a victory which thrilled the Nation, and should never be forgotten 



152 ^onsf of t\)t American Keijolution 

by Indiana people. Tippecanoe was, in every respect, an Indiana 
battle, fought upon her soil, by Indiana Indians on one side, and 
by an American army on the other, over two-thirds of whom were 
Indiana militia. I can not call to mind any battle between whites 
and Indians more far-reaching and beneficial to the white race 
than this, where Warrick, Spencer, White, McMahon, Berry, 
Randolph, and other brave Indianians fell, never again to rise. 
Their dust is now mingling with Indiana soil. Harrison, their 
great commander, after reaching the highest honors known to 
men, "sleeps well," just over the border, on the "beautiful river" — 
whilst, lower down the same historic stream, Clark, his great 
predecessor in military glory, is "sleeping his last sleep" in sight 
of the land he conquered. Again, I ask, can it be possible that 
this world-renowned Indiana battle, and all these thrilling inci- 
dents, which will ever quicken the pulse-beat of every true son 
and daughter of the State, is to find no recognition, no mention, 
in the construction of this monument ? 

Do you think there should be no recognition of the capture of 
Vincennes, and the Battle of Tippecanoe? Is there a fair man or 
woman in the State who thinks they ought to be ignored ? I should 
be sorry to think there is one. I speak for the brave and patriotic 
dead. I ask that Clark's capture of Vincennes, and Harrison's 
battle of Tippecanoe, shall be recognized and commemorated in 
some suitable way in connection with the erection of this great 
Indiana monument. There were striking situations in both that 
could have been made thrillingly interesting in the hands of com- 
petent sculptors, and would have made appropriate and expressive 
adornments ; but in view of the large groups, of a general char- 
acter, already ordered, I do not know that anything in that direc- 
tion could now be done. Some suitable inscriptions, however, or 
other proper recognition in appropriate places on the face of the 
monument could yet be made at comparatively little cost. Of 
course it should be done. 

There is also another thing that can yet be done that I think is 
of the greatest possible importance, and to which I now respect- 
fully solicit your earnest attention. In my opinion, it would prove 
to be a most expressive, popular and realistic illustration of the 
four greatest epochs in the military history of Indiana. These I 
consider to be the capture of Vincennes, the battle of Tippecanoe, 



^olnitta anD jailors' ^^onumcnt 153 

the jMexican war, the Civil war. I would commemorate each of 
these great epochs by a bronze statue of the principal actor in 
each. I would place these statues a suitable distance from the shaft 
of the monument, low enough down to be plainly seen — one on 
each side of the shaft, facing out east, west, north and south. 

I think space sufficient could be found on the lower superstruc- 
ture, already there, for the statues to stand on, and even if some 
of the ideal figures I have seen on the plans were abandoned to 
make room, it would be a good change. For that matter suitable 
pedestals can be erected for the statues near the rim of the Circle, 
on the line of the center of each of the four approaching streets. 
The monument substantially covers the whole of Circle Park, 
and these changes and additions would be in perfect harmony 
with the main shaft, and prove to be the monument's crowning 
glory. 

The cost of these additions would not, probably, be over half 
the cost of the groups of Peace and War. George Rogers Clark 
and William Henry Harrison should be two of these representa- 
tive men. I am told there would be trouble determining who 
should be the representative man for the epoch of the Civil war. 
I don't think so. Indiana's great military war governor, Oliver P. 
Morton, should be the man. No doubt about that at all. Morton's 
statue is already made, and a better could not be made. It is of 
proper size, a good likeness, and every way creditable. Let it be 
properly mounted under the shadow of the shaft of Indiana's great 
military monument and there let it stand for ages in his honor, 
and as emblematic of the great war in which he bore so con- 
spicuous a part. 

And let Clark and Harrison, and whoever is the representative 
of the Mexican war, stand in the same way as emblematic of the 
great military events with which they were connected. 

I know no politics in such matters as these, but the logic of the 
situation, after selecting the three, as I have indicated, would seem 
to require that the fourth should be a Democrat. I consider Gen. 
Joseph Lane a proper representative of Indiana in the Mexican 
war. He was the only Indiana general in that war, and a braver 
man never walked the earth. He was an Indiana pioneer, sprung 
from the common people, and raised himself by merit to many 



154 ^01X0 of ttje ^mencan l^ebolution 

high positions. He finally left Indiana and became Governor of 
Oregon and a Senator of the United States. 

If his removal from the State, or anything, should make the 
selection of some one else preferable, the commissioners will not 
have far to go to find glorious old Gen. Mahlon D. Manson, the 
hero of two wars, who, to my certain knowledge, has not been out 
of the State for any considerable time for over forty years, except 
to serve his country ; or they can go to Washington county, where 
they will find Major James A. Cravens, a "Cincinnatus," living 
quietly on his farm, who is a native of the State ; or they can take 
James Whitcomb, who was Indiana's war governor in that war. 

I could name other Mexican-war Democrats, to use a current 
phrase, "qualified for the position." I do not name Gen. Lew 
Wallace, and possibly other Republicans, only because of the po- 
litical necessities before stated. Besides the General has already 
made himself an imperishable monument in another direction. 

There is nothing at all difficult in selecting the four representa- 
tive men. 

When done, and the statues in place, it will be an Indiana monu- 
ment, as well as a great work of art. It will be brought nearer 
home to the comprehension and hearts of all our people, and at 
the same time will be in harmony with the general design. It will 
not only better commemorate the Mexican and Civil wars than 
now proposed, but will include the capture of Vincennes and the 
battle of Tippecanoe, which otherwise will not be commemorated 
at all. It will be the only special recognition of Indiana men that 
can be found on, or connected with, the monument anywhere, as 
far as I know. As it is now, I think, you may go from the big 
woman at the top to its base, and you will not find Clark, or Harri- 
son, or Morton, or Lane or any other military hero connected with 
great events in Indiana history, nor will you find them mentioned. 

I do not think this is as it should be. I have come to this con- 
clusion after an honest and earnest examination into all the facts. 
I censure no one. If mistakes have been made, I count them only 
errors of judgment, and there is still time to apply a remedy. 

The~ obj ect of this address has been to point out what I think 
is now the best and most available remedy. I have tried to do this, 
not in a spirit of fault-finding, but as an earnest appeal to reason, 
patriotism and justice. I am a native of Indiana, anxious to pro- 



^oitiitvs antJ jailors' a^onument 155 

inote lier honor and glory. I believe this monument, finished as 
I have indicated, would be a step in that direction, but that to finish 
it as now planned would leave it far short of what it should be. 
It is to prevent the latter, if possible, that I have spoken, and I 
have spoken for those who can not now speak for themselves. I 
have spoken for Clark, for Harrison, and for all the heroic dead 
of their commands. I hope I have not spoken entirely in vain. 
But whether I have or not, I shall at least have the consciousness 
of having discharged my duty. 

The society acted at once upon Mr. English's vigorous plea for 
a recognition of all the heroes of Indiana. A committee was ap- 
pointed, with Mr. English as chairman, to memorialize the legis- 
lature in regard to a fuller expression through the monument of 
the patriotism and valor of the earlier but not less earnest and 
admirable soldiers and sailors whose names are connected with 
Indiana history. 

The following is copied from the recorded minutes of the pro- 
ceedings of the society upon the occasion referred to, viz. : 

"At a meeting of the Indiana Society of the Sons of the Amer- 
ican Revolution held at the Denison Hotel, on February 25, 1892, 
an address was delivered as a part of the program of the meeting 
by the Hon. William H. English upon Indiana's military history 
and the Soldier's Monument. Mr. English's address made certain 
recommendations in reference to the completion of the Soldier's 
Monument to the end that the memorial should be made charac- 
teristic of Indiana's history, and urged that some notice be given 
in the design of Indiana's four great military events : 

1. Capture of Vincennes, 1779. 

2. Battle of Tippecanoe. 

3. Mexican War. 

4. Civil War. 

by suitable statuary or memorial tablets. 

"Upon the motion of C. W. Moores, seconded by F. N. KoUock, 
it was directed that the president appoint a committee of five who 
should have Mr. English's address printed and present it as a 
memorial to the Monument Commissioners and the Legislature, 
and urge upon them the adoption of Mr. English's suggestions for 
the completion of the monument." 



ptwionm of t])t Bebolutionar^ Wat W^^o 
LttieD in 9|nDlana in 1835 



The following eight hundred and ten veterans of the American Revolu- 
tion were on the Federal pension rolls in 1835 as residents of Indiana. The 
list was prepared pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Senate of the 
United States on June 5, 1834. The Secretary of War reported all pen- 
sioners under the act of Congress of May 15, 1828, "for the relief of the 
surviving officers and soldiers of the Revolution," and the supplementary 
act of June 7, 1832, and included soldiers of the Continental line, and 
regulars, State troops, militia and volunteers. The list below is part of a 
complete list for all the States, and is found in the State Library at Indian- 
apolis, in a volume entitled "Senate Doc, Pension Roll, ist Sess., 23d Con- 
gress, Vol. 3." 

Following is a complete list by counties : 

Allen. 
James Ball, Michael Cronts, James Saunders. 

Bartholomew. 

Job Hamlin, George Alcorn, Richard Crittenden, William Campbell, 
Stephen Goble, Thomas McQueen. 

Boone. 

Jonathan Davis, John Aldridge, Jacob Foreman, William Gipson, William 
Pawley, Harman Wyman. 

Carroll. 
James Shaw, Willibe Nichols. 

Clark. 

John Alstott, Robert Biggs, Isaac Bullard, Samuel Calloway, Stephen 
Dolph, William Goben, Matthew McAfee, Charles Pierce, Jacob Plough, 
George Sparling, Daniel Sullivan, Richard Sanborn, James Taff, Robert 
Wardell, Joseph Alexander, Phillip Austin, John Brenton, Robert Brenton, 
William Brenton, Zalman Burrett, Peter Ditzer, Isaac Holman, Ezekiel 
Jennings, Elias Kelley, Frederick Kestler, Moses Kelley, William McComb, 
Robert Patrick, Joseph Robison, Christian Shores, Enos Tuttle, Jacob 
Teeple, Zebediah Ward, Barzilla Willey, John Young. 



Hebolutionar^ pen0ionrr0 in ^Intiiana 157 

Cass. 
Alexander Scott, James Wiseman, John Ward. 

Clay. 
David Dannor, Lawrence Thompson, Benjamin Wheeler, John Williams. 

Daviess. 

Job Hammond, Benjamin Peachy, William Baldwin, Josiah Culberton, 
James Cannon, John Chumbley, William Harrall, Moses Knight, Charles 
Kilgore, James Kever, George Lashley, Joseph Reany, Cudbud Tisdale, 
James Carr Veale. 

Crawford. 

Samuel Chapin, William Campbell, Reuben Kemp, James Pierson, Thom- 
as Reed, Constant Williams, Jeremiah Wright. 

Dearborn. 

John Able, John Baker, Charles Cook, John Cooper, John Campbell, John 
Dixon, John Demoss, John O. Gullon, David Haney, Thomas Johnston, 
Moses Lindley, Noah Miller, William Meserve, Zebulon Pike, David Por- 
ter, Samuel Stone, Daniel Shed, Peter Saurman, John Six, John Shaver, 
Daniel Welch, Robert Wright, David Hall, Charles Bisbee, Peter Carbell, 
Michael Ehler, John Elliot, Jacob Ellsbury, William Henderson, Moses 
Hendrickson, Job Judd, Moses Lacey, Daniel Loder, James Leedes, Samuel 
Marsh, John Mead, George Mason, Daniel Reddington, David Reamer, 
Robert Rickett, Henry Rander, Elijah Rich, Ezra Stanson, William Smith- 
ers, Gideon Towers, Timothy Ward, Benjamin Walker, Daniel Whetstone, 
William White. 

Decatur. 

Thomas Horton, Hugh Montgomery, John Boyer, Josiah Collins, Edward 
Dunham, Jacob Falconbury, Benjamin Gasnell, John Gray, George King, 
Joseph Lee, Samuel Lloyd, Spencer Menefer, William McCoy, Elijah Piles, 
John Prickard, William Robbins. 

Delaware. 
William Dougherty, William Polen. 

Dubois. 
Lewis Powers, James Harbison, John Hills. 

Fayette. 

John Bayrd, Nathaniel Farmer, Nicholas Kimmer, John Garretson, John 
Hubbell, Nathaniel Richmond, Samuel Seward, Othniel Johnson, Philemon 



158 g)onB( of tlje ^mttmn Meijolution 

Conner, Benjamin Ellis, Jonathan Gilliam, Charles Harvey, James Justice, 
John McCormick, Benjamin Pearce, Henry Vandalson, Dyer Woodworth. 

Floyd. 

Benjamin Buckman, Adam Hart, Charles Boyll, John Chesshire, John 
Russell, Israel Ransom, William Bateman, Daniel Deal, Joshua Fowler, 
Joseph Ghormley, Jacob Gameston, or Garrettson, Epaphras Jones, Andrew 
Ingram, Samuel Jackson, John A. Miller, Samuel Ramsey, James Stephen- 
son, Reuben Smith, Asa Smith, John Steelman, Philo Stoddard. 

Fountain. 

Enos Davis, John Bake, Henry Balton, Jacob High, Tobias Mozier, Wil- 
liam Osborn, John Osborn, Thomas Pearson, Thomas Williams, Jacob 
Youngblood. 

Franklin. 

Timothy Brown, John Dickinson, John Masters, Jacob Myers, William 
Nithercut, Timothy Brees, Samuel Alley, Samuel Amburn, John Burch- 
field, Zachariah Cooksey, John Colyer, William Cotton, Thomas Curry, 
James Deakins, Henry Eads, Henry Fordyce, James Fordyce, Abraham 
Floyd, Peter Griner, James Guffy, William Logan, John Mann, Joseph 
Reynolds, Richard Smith, Lucas Slicer, William Sims, James Trusler, 
Robert Templeton, John Vincent, John Van Winkle, William Wiggins. 

Gibson. 

Arthur Johnson, George Humphreys, Francis Lucas, William M'Entire, 
John Pritchett, David Stilwell, James Wheeler. 

Grekne. 

Cornelius Westfall, John Abbott, William G. Bryant, Abraham May, 
Adam Rambolt, Daniel Solsby, John Storm. 

Hamilton. 
George Abney, John Hair, Samuel Torrens. 

Hancock. 
William Hatton, Robert Wilson. 

Harrison. 

John Cline, Christopher Coy, John Gardner, Prosser Hogan, John Long, 
George Lefler, Samuel Pendock, Joseph Reed, John Thompson, Peter Van- 
deventer. Garret Applegate, Sherman Babcock, George Charles, John 
Cromer, James Case, Alexander Gilmore, Patrick Hunter, Henson Johnson, 



Hetoolutionari? ^prnfifioners; in ^InDiana 159 

Mason Lunsford, Joseph McClellan, William Madden, John Alanman, Wil- 
Ham Pell, Lewis Peyton, Thomas Rencan, Michael Sapplefield, William 
Sampson, David Sipes, Philip Stine, Stewart Sterret, Philip Shuck, An- 
thony D. Trout, Isaac Williams. 

Hendricks. 

John Boyd, David Erwin, Edward Flathers, William Florence, Daniel 
Higgans, Isaac Lawrence, William Ramsay, William Wiley. 

Henry. 

Richard Conway, Thomas Hilman, Ebenezer Harper, Andrew Ice, John 
Lee, John McDonald, Joel Simmonds, Jacob Winner, William Wilson. 

Jackson. 

Charles Hagan, George Keiphart, Asahel Phelps, Obadiah Walker, John 
Edwards, Henry Boas, Christian Branaman, David Benton, William Cham- 
bers, John Fisler, David Johnson, Thomas Prather, Leonard Shewmaker, 
Benjamin Scott, James Sparks. 

Jefferson. 

Henry Cloyes, Bartholomew Carroll, Elias Edens, John Field, George 
Guess, William Hood, William Hall, Emanuel Medok, John May, James 
McGill, George Ryan, James Suggan, David Taylor, Joseph Wheatley, 
Patrick Brown, George Burk, Jacob Chysman, John Conner, Ralph Griffin, 
David Jones, John Lott, Nicholas Lowber, Jacob Mikesell, William Mc- 
Causland, Joseph McCuen, Robert McKay, James McClelland, Robert Rea, 
Charles Stewart, William Tilford, Robert True, Joseph Tyler, William 
Wilson, John West. 

Jennings. 

Philip Cotmer, John Grinstead, Evan Thomas, John Carney, Walter Car- 
son, William Elliott, William Howlett, lieth Kendrick, Robert McGill, Har- 
raway Owen, John Stagg, Amasa Spencer, Samuel Smith, Evan Thomas. 

Johnson. 

John Barnett, John Duke. Joshua Harris, James Carr, Isaac Davidson, 
Abner Hanks, John Israel, William Morgan, Matthias Parr, John Steel, 
Thomas Smith. 

Knox. 

Daniel Kenny, Jesse McKensey, James Anderson, Thomas Baird, Philip 
Catt, Frederick Claycomb, Charles Fitzgerald, Alexander Chambers, Wil- 
liam Lindsay, Daniel Langdon, William IMcCord, Robert J^IcCoy, Peter 
McAnelly, Cornelius Merry, Frederick Mahl, Howard Putman, Edward 
Purcell, William Purcell, William Sulcer, John Thompson, Michael Thorn, 
Jaret Young. 



160 ^on0 of t\)t American Hebolution 

Lawrence. 

Isaac Fleetwood, Isaac Herrin, William Haggerty, Francis Lang, Eben- 
ezer Post, Alexander Reid, John Andrew Smith, Joshua Younger, James 
Blevins, Ambrose Carlton, John Henderson, Robert Hall, John Hamersley, 
Abraham Michell, Richard Ryan, John Short, John Thomas, Aaron Watts, 
James Wilson. 

Madison. 

Mosby Childers, Philip Hobaugh, Aaron Dunn, John Keesling, John 
Scott, William Wall. 

Marion. 

Patrick Lynn, Robert Carr, Robert Dickerson, John Faucett, Edmund 
Hall, Henry Harding, Jr., Jeremiah Harrold, Ede Harding, John Hume, 
Alexander Monroe, Harold Newland, Jonathan Ray, Thomas Ragin, Jason 
Thurston, Obadiah Turpin, Robert White. 

Martin. 
Josiah Hunt. 

Montgomery. 

Alexander Montgomery, Jacob Miller, Andrew Bower, Alexander Foster, 
Presley Symmes, Sebastian Stonebraker, Jacob Westfall. 

Monroe. 

David Boyles, David Clements, Thomas Ross, Nathaniel Cunningham, 
Alexander Armstrong, James Bryant, Aaron Buskirk, David Ephland, 
Philip Greenwood, Joseph Lawrence, William Moore, Thomas Pearce, 
Isaac Vanbuskirk. 

Morgan. 

Charles Orme, George Baker, Joseph Culton, William Jones, Cornelius 
King, Alexander Kelso, Devault Keller, Mordecai Miller, William Town- 
send, Sampson Tramel, Benjamin Utterback. 

Orange. 

Joseph Bowling, William Chandler, John Hopper, Patrick Hunter, Alex- 
ander Keith, James Jeffrey Murphy, John Reily, Henry Brooks, George 
Duncan, William Irvine, William Moore, Joshua Reed, Peter Urton, Garret 
Voorhis. 

Owen. 

James Blain, John Carpenter, John List, Shadrach Pearson, John Wallace, 
Bartlett Asher, Thomas Ashbrook, Andrew Evans, Edward F. Fortner, 
Elijah Lacey, Adam Moderell, Jacob Night, John Snoddy, Peter Witham. 



Hetolutionar^ :|pcn0ioners in 31nDiana 161 

Parke. 

John Judd, David Evans, Jacob Hines, Samuel Haslet, David Johnson, 
Larkin Lane, William Mitchell, John Montgomery, Samuel Musgrace, Wil- 
liam Oard, John Tucker, John Vanzant, George Wilkins. 

Perry. 

Richard Avit, Thomas Green Alvey, Terrence Conner, George Ewing, 
Thomas Bolin, Abraham Hiley, Samuel Mallory, Joseph McReynolds, Jere- 
miah York. 

Pike. 

Josiah Arnold, John Chambers, Samuel Dedman, James Erenton, William 
Black, John Conrad, John McManus, Thomas Mead, John Palmer. 

Posey. 
Cornelius Bradley, John Scarborough, David Gamble. 

Putnam. 

Thomas Jones, William McGahey, William Shepherd, William Banks, 
Charles Bowen, John Buck, George Hammer, Samuel Moore, Benjamin 
Mahorney, Andrew McPhestor, John Norman, Josiah Stephens, Thomas 
Tucker, Robert Whitehead, John Walls, John Walden, Matthias Young. 

Ripley. 

Ning Bell, John Boldery, Samuel Goskins, Philip Johnson, James Rolf, 
John Whitacre, Robert Burchfield, Daniel Bumgardner, William Bassett, 
John Buskirk, William Collins, Conrad Dowers, James Delap, Philemore 
Davis, James Grimes, Benjamin Hamilton, Benjamin Hall, William Lip- 
pard, Daniel McMillen, Joseph McDonald, Jacob Micheller, Henry Myers, 
Peter Newcomer, John O'Neal, Edward Pendergrast, John Parr, Ephraim 
Robbins, Samuel Stephens, Henry Thomas, Peter Vanbibber, John Ward, 
Isaac Way, Ephraim Wilson, Isaac Wycoff. 

Rush. 

John Aldridge, Ebenezer Clark, Matthew Gregg, Daniel Grant, James 
Lane, John Legore, John Riley, Aaron Redman, John Yarbrough, Benjamin 
Cruzan, Michael Smith, Henry Smith, William Smith, John Carson, Samuel 
Caswell, Isaac Cox, Henry David, Jesse Duncan, Leonard Edleman, John 
Finney, John Hardy, Jacob Hite, Thomas James, John Lewis, William 
Mauzy, Henry Mezner, John Pollock, John Watson. 



162 ^ons of tlje American Heijolution 

Scott. 

Richard Kinney, John Burnside, John Clarke, John Dean, William Gal- 
breath, William Harrod, Solomon Jackson, Jacob Killion, Hugh Parks, 
William Smith, Walter Spencer, Daniel Stringham, Bergen Spader. 

Shelby. 

David Davis, Lewis Barlow, Matthew Brown, Allen Christian, Mason 
Field, Robert Gordon, John Corsage, William Gildwill, Nathaniel Goodrick, 
Garrett Harsin, Edward Miller, Samuel Pope. 

Spencer. 

Thomas Blair, David Chancellor, Abraham Hornbeck, Henry Shaw, 
Thomas Turnham, Lodowick Davis, James Pollard. 

Sullivan. 

Mordecai Battson, Thomas Flynn, John Hopewell, Micajah Mayfield, 
Joseph Ransford, James Spence, Alexander Armstrong, Levi Bemis, Alex- 
ander Bailey, William Dougherty, Robert Beedwell, Hardy Hanly, Abra- 
ham Johnson, Matthew McCemmon, Joseph Nelly, James Williams. 

Switzerland. 

John Bray, John Burns, Joseph Bassett, Leman Deasky, Daniel Harris, 
Daniel Haycock, Kimbrough Landres, John Pennetent, Nathan Peak, 
Stephen Rogers, Andrew Stepleton, Smith Turner, Thomas Ayres, William 
Coy, William Dewitt, William Davis, Robert Gullion, Ebenezer Hum- 
phreys, Daniel Heath, Henry Harris, Robert Knox, William Kelley, Thomas 
Lewis, Isaac Levi, William Lancaster, Norman B. Magruder, Thomas 
Mounts, Roderick More, Nathan Morgan, Thomas Porter, Winthrop Rob- 
inson, Nathan Ricketts, John Roberts, John Shupe, John Shaddy, Michael 
Wilson, John Whittaker. 

Tippecanoe. 

John Blue, Philip Crose, Jacob Dower, Henry Miller, Abraham Mennear, 
George Stingle, Nathaniel White. 

Union. 

James Colton, or Colston, Daniel Ward, Leonard Brackenbaugh, Joel 
Garrison, Richard Haynes, Rawley McMullin, Matthew McClurkin, Jede- 
diah Ogden, Samuel Meredith, George Renker, David Thomas. 

Vanderburgh. 
William Mead, Elijah Stinson. 



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Vermillion. 

Abraham Hamman, William Hannaman, Jacob Coleman, Francis Ma- 
lone, Richard Mack, Nimrod H. Stone, Abraham White, James Williams. 

Vigo. 

Jacob Coleman, John Hamilton, Daniel Rhoades, Isaac Stevens, George 
Jones, Thomas Dample, William Thomas, James Barnes, John Colwell, 
Gowen Jeffries, James Thompson. 

Warren. 

David Wilkerson, Samuel Bryan, Richard Biddlecomb, George Dixon, 
William Hough, Matthew Jones, James Kitchen, Henry Saunders. 

Warrick. 

Jonah Frisbie, William Overlin, John Alexander, John Baker, William 
Campbell, John Depositer, Samuel Musgrave, Thomas Richardson, William 
Williams. 

Washington. 

Levi Bridgewater, William Case, Michael Cooper, John Deremiah, 
Thomas Flowers, William Grace, Philip Langdon, James Mahony, Thomas 
Smith, William Stewart, Christopher Trinkle, Abraham Wood, Thomas 
Arbuckle, William Bowman, Benjamin Brewer, Micajah Caloway, Nathan- 
iel Chambers, Adam Fiscus, James Garrison, John Gould, John Gallimore, 
William Hurst, Daniel Hole, George Hall, John Hicks, Philip Hignet, 
Samuel Jacobs, John Keyt, Robert McWhortor, John McPheeters, Joshua 
Nichols, Richard B. Porter, Arthur Parr, Colza Rubison, Jacob Smith, 
John A. Scudder, Samuel Vest, William Wright, William Watts, Michael 
Weaver. 

Wayne. 

William Alexander, Hugh Healy, Joseph Hancock, Abraham Marlatt, 
Jonathan Shaw, Barruch Webb, Christopher Bundy, Samuel Boyd, John 
Burk, Benjamin Bishop, Josiah Case, John Cam, William Cook, William 
Carter, John Dougan, George Eperly, George Holman, Nimrod Jester, 
Jacob Meek, Richard Rue, Samuel Walker. 

It is said that the Revolutionary soldiers in the foregoing list died and 
were buried in Indiana, though some of the county boundaries have been 
changed since the report was made. 



THE HOLLENBECK PRESS 

DESIGNERS, PRINTERS AND BINDERS 

INDIANAPOLIS 



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